John 11:39

KJV1611 – Modern English

Jesus said, Take away the stone. Martha, the sister of him who was dead, said to him, Lord, by this time there is a stench, for he has been dead four days.

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  • John 11:17 : 17 Then when Jesus came, he found that he had already been in the grave four days.
  • Acts 2:27 : 27 For You will not leave my soul in Hades, nor will You allow Your Holy One to see corruption.
  • Acts 13:36 : 36 For David, after he had served his own generation by the will of God, fell asleep, and was laid to his fathers, and saw corruption:
  • Phil 3:21 : 21 Who will transform our lowly body to be like his glorious body, according to the working by which he is able even to subdue all things to himself.
  • Gen 3:19 : 19 In the sweat of your face you shall eat bread, till you return to the ground, for out of it you were taken; for dust you are, and to dust you shall return.
  • Gen 23:4 : 4 I am a stranger and a sojourner among you; give me a possession of a burial place with you, that I may bury my dead out of my sight.
  • Ps 49:7 : 7 None of them can by any means redeem his brother, nor give to God a ransom for him:
  • Ps 49:9 : 9 That he should still live forever, and not see corruption.
  • Ps 49:14 : 14 Like sheep they are laid in the grave; death shall feed on them; and the upright shall have dominion over them in the morning; and their beauty shall consume in the grave from their dwelling.
  • Mark 16:3 : 3 And they said among themselves, Who will roll away the stone from the door of the tomb for us?

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  • John 11:11-26
    16 verses
    86%

    11These things he said: and after that he said to them, Our friend Lazarus sleeps; but I go that I may wake him out of sleep.

    12Then his disciples said, Lord, if he sleeps, he will get better.

    13However, Jesus spoke of his death: but they thought he had spoken of taking rest in sleep.

    14Then Jesus said to them plainly, Lazarus is dead.

    15And I am glad for your sakes that I was not there, so that you may believe; nevertheless let us go to him.

    16Then Thomas, who is called Didymus, said to his fellow disciples, Let us also go, that we may die with him.

    17Then when Jesus came, he found that he had already been in the grave four days.

    18Now Bethany was near to Jerusalem, about fifteen furlongs away:

    19And many of the Jews came to Martha and Mary, to comfort them concerning their brother.

    20Then Martha, as soon as she heard that Jesus was coming, went and met him: but Mary sat in the house.

    21Then Martha said to Jesus, Lord, if you had been here, my brother would not have died.

    22But I know that even now, whatever you ask of God, God will give you.

    23Jesus said to her, Your brother will rise again.

    24Martha said to him, I know that he will rise again in the resurrection at the last day.

    25Jesus said to her, I am the resurrection and the life: he who believes in me, though he may die, he shall live:

    26And whoever lives and believes in me shall never die. Do you believe this?

  • John 11:29-38
    10 verses
    85%

    29As soon as she heard that, she arose quickly and came to him.

    30Now Jesus had not yet come into the town, but was in the place where Martha met him.

    31The Jews then who were with her in the house, and comforting her, when they saw Mary get up hastily and go out, followed her, saying, She is going to the grave to weep there.

    32Then when Mary came where Jesus was and saw him, she fell down at his feet, saying to him, Lord, if you had been here, my brother would not have died.

    33When Jesus therefore saw her weeping, and the Jews who came with her weeping, he groaned in the spirit and was troubled,

    34And said, Where have you laid him? They said to him, Lord, come and see.

    35Jesus wept.

    36Then the Jews said, Behold how he loved him!

    37And some of them said, Could not this man, who opened the eyes of the blind, have also kept this man from dying?

    38Jesus therefore, again groaning in himself, came to the grave. It was a cave, and a stone lay upon it.

  • John 11:40-44
    5 verses
    79%

    40Jesus said to her, Did I not say to you that if you would believe, you would see the glory of God?

    41Then they took away the stone from the place where the dead man was laid. And Jesus lifted up his eyes and said, Father, I thank you that you have heard me.

    42And I knew that you always hear me: but because of the people who stand by, I said it, that they may believe that you sent me.

    43And when he had spoken thus, he cried with a loud voice, Lazarus, come forth.

    44And he who was dead came forth, bound hand and foot with graveclothes: and his face was wrapped with a cloth. Jesus said to them, Loose him, and let him go.

  • John 12:1
    76%

    1Then Jesus, six days before the Passover, came to Bethany, where Lazarus was, who had been dead, whom he raised from the dead.

  • John 11:1-6
    6 verses
    76%

    1Now a certain man was sick, named Lazarus, of Bethany, the town of Mary and her sister Martha.

    2(It was that Mary who anointed the Lord with ointment and wiped his feet with her hair, whose brother Lazarus was sick.)

    3Therefore his sisters sent to him, saying, Lord, behold, he whom you love is sick.

    4When Jesus heard that, he said, This sickness is not unto death, but for the glory of God, that the Son of God might be glorified through it.

    5Now Jesus loved Martha, and her sister, and Lazarus.

    6When he heard therefore that he was sick, he stayed two more days in the place where he was.

  • Luke 7:14-15
    2 verses
    73%

    14And he came and touched the bier: and those who carried him stood still. And he said, Young man, I say to you, Arise.

    15And he who was dead sat up, and began to speak. And he delivered him to his mother.

  • John 12:17
    71%

    17The people who were with him when he called Lazarus out of his tomb and raised him from the dead, bore witness.

  • Luke 8:52-54
    3 verses
    71%

    52And all wept, and mourned for her: but he said, Weep not; she is not dead, but sleeps.

    53And they laughed him to scorn, knowing that she was dead.

    54And he put them all out, and took her by the hand, and called, saying, Girl, arise.

  • Mark 5:39
    71%

    39And when he came in, he said to them, Why do you make this commotion, and weep? The girl is not dead, but sleeping.

  • Mark 16:3
    70%

    3And they said among themselves, Who will roll away the stone from the door of the tomb for us?

  • John 20:15
    70%

    15Jesus said to her, Woman, why are you weeping? Whom do you seek? She, supposing him to be the gardener, said to him, Sir, if you have taken him away, tell me where you have laid him, and I will take him away.

  • Matt 14:12
    70%

    12And his disciples came, and took up the body, and buried it, and went and told Jesus.

  • Luke 10:40
    69%

    40But Martha was distracted with much serving, and she approached him and said, Lord, do you not care that my sister has left me to serve alone? Therefore tell her to help me.

  • John 12:9
    69%

    9A large crowd of the Jews then knew that he was there; and they came, not only for Jesus' sake, but that they might also see Lazarus, whom he had raised from the dead.