John 11:17

World English Bible (2000)

So when Jesus came, he found that he 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 him who was dead, said to him, "Lord, by this time there is a stench, for he has been dead four days."
  • Acts 2:27-31 : 27 because you will not leave my soul in Hades, neither will you allow your Holy One to see decay. 28 You made known to me the ways of life. You will make me full of gladness with your presence.' 29 "Brothers, I may tell you freely of the patriarch David, that he both died and was buried, and his tomb is with us to this day. 30 Therefore, being a prophet, and knowing that God had sworn with an oath to him that of the fruit of his body, according to the flesh, he would raise up the Christ to sit on his throne, 31 he foreseeing this spoke about the resurrection of the Christ, that neither was his soul left in Hades, nor did his flesh see decay.
  • Hos 6:2 : 2 After two days he will revive us. On the third day he will raise us up, and we will live before him.
  • John 2:19 : 19 Jesus answered them, "Destroy this temple, and in three days I will raise it up."

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    29When she heard this, she arose quickly, and went to him.

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

    31Then the Jews who were with her in the house, and were consoling her, when they saw Mary, that she rose up quickly and went out, followed her, saying, "She is going to the tomb to weep there."

    32Therefore when Mary came to where Jesus was, and saw him, she fell down at his feet, saying to him, "Lord, if you would have been here, my brother wouldn't have died."

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

    34and said, "Where have you laid him?" They told him, "Lord, come and see."

    35Jesus wept.

    36The Jews therefore said, "See how much affection he had for him!"

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    38Jesus therefore, again groaning in himself, came to the tomb. Now it was a cave, and a stone lay against it.

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    40Jesus said to her, "Didn't I tell you that if you believed, you would see God's glory?"

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