John 11:17

NET Bible® (New English Translation)

Speaking with Martha and Mary When Jesus arrived, he found that Lazarus had been in the tomb four days already.

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  • John 11:39 : 39 Jesus said,“Take away the stone.” Martha, the sister of the deceased, replied,“Lord, by this time the body will have a bad smell, because he has been buried four days.”
  • Acts 2:27-31 : 27 because you will not leave my soul in Hades, nor permit your Holy One to experience decay. 28 You have made known to me the paths of life; you will make me full of joy with your presence.’ 29 “Brothers, I can speak confidently to you about our forefather David, that he both died and was buried, and his tomb is with us to this day. 30 So then, because he was a prophet and knew that God had sworn to him with an oath to seat one of his descendants on his throne, 31 David by foreseeing this spoke about the resurrection of the Christ, that he was neither abandoned to Hades, nor did his body experience decay.
  • Hos 6:2 : 2 He will restore us in a very short time; he will heal us in a little while, so that we may live in his presence.
  • John 2:19 : 19 Jesus replied,“Destroy this temple and in three days I will raise it up again.”

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    29So when Mary heard this, she got up quickly and went to him.

    30(Now Jesus had not yet entered the village, but was still in the place where Martha had come out to meet him.)

    31Then the people who were with Mary in the house consoling her saw her get up quickly and go out. They followed her, because they thought she was going to the tomb to weep there.

    32Now when Mary came to the place where Jesus was and saw him, she fell at his feet and said to him,“Lord, if you had been here, my brother would not have died.”

    33When Jesus saw her weeping, and the people who had come with her weeping, he was intensely moved in spirit and greatly distressed.

    34He asked,“Where have you laid him?” They replied,“Lord, come and see.”

    35Jesus wept.

    36Thus the people who had come to mourn said,“Look how much he loved him!”

    37But some of them said,“This is the man who caused the blind man to see! Couldn’t he have done something to keep Lazarus from dying?”

    38Lazarus Raised from the Dead Jesus, intensely moved again, came to the tomb.(Now it was a cave, and a stone was placed across it.)

    39Jesus said,“Take away the stone.” Martha, the sister of the deceased, replied,“Lord, by this time the body will have a bad smell, because he has been buried four days.”

    40Jesus responded,“Didn’t I tell you that if you believe, you would see the glory of God?”

    41So they took away the stone. Jesus looked upward and said,“Father, I thank you that you have listened to me.

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    1Jesus’ Anointing Then, six days before the Passover, Jesus came to Bethany, where Lazarus lived, whom he had raised from the dead.

  • John 11:18-21
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    18(Now Bethany was less than two miles from Jerusalem,

    19so many of the Jewish people of the region had come to Martha and Mary to console them over the loss of their brother.)

    20So when Martha heard that Jesus was coming, she went out to meet him, but Mary was sitting in the house.

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

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    11After he said this, he added,“Our friend Lazarus has fallen asleep. But I am going there to awaken him.”

    12Then the disciples replied,“Lord, if he has fallen asleep, he will recover.”

    13(Now Jesus had been talking about his death, but they thought he had been talking about real sleep.)

    14Then Jesus told them plainly,“Lazarus has died,

    15and I am glad for your sake that I was not there, so that you may believe. But let us go to him.”

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    43When he had said this, he shouted in a loud voice,“Lazarus, come out!”

    44The one who had died came out, his feet and hands tied up with strips of cloth, and a cloth wrapped around his face. Jesus said to them,“Unwrap him and let him go.”

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    4When Jesus heard this, he said,“This sickness will not lead to death, but to God’s glory, so that the Son of God may be glorified through it.”

    5(Now Jesus loved Martha and her sister and Lazarus.)

    6So when he heard that Lazarus was sick, he remained in the place where he was for two more days.

    7Then after this, he said to his disciples,“Let us go to Judea again.”

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    23Jesus replied,“Your brother will come back to life again.”

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    9Now a large crowd of Judeans learned that Jesus was there, and so they came not only because of him but also to see Lazarus whom he had raised from the dead.

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