John 11:38

World English Bible (2000)

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

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  • Matt 27:60 : 60 and laid it in his own new tomb, which he had cut out in the rock, and he rolled a great stone to the door of the tomb, and departed.
  • John 11:33 : 33 When Jesus therefore saw her weeping, and the Jews weeping who came with her, he groaned in the spirit, and was troubled,
  • John 20:1 : 1 Now on the first day of the week, Mary Magdalene went early, while it was still dark, to the tomb, and saw the stone taken away from the tomb.
  • Luke 24:2 : 2 They found the stone rolled away from the tomb.
  • Isa 22:16 : 16 'What are you doing here? Who has you here, that you have dug out a tomb here?' Cutting himself out a tomb on high, chiseling a habitation for himself in the rock!"
  • Ezek 9:4 : 4 Yahweh said to him, Go through the midst of the city, through the midst of Jerusalem, and set a mark on the foreheads of the men that sigh and that cry over all the abominations that are done in its midst.
  • Ezek 21:6 : 6 Sigh therefore, you son of man; with the breaking of your thighs and with bitterness you will sigh before their eyes.
  • Gen 23:19 : 19 After this, Abraham buried Sarah his wife in the cave of the field of Machpelah before Mamre (that is, Hebron), in the land of Canaan.
  • Gen 49:29-31 : 29 He instructed them, and said to them, "I am to be gathered to my people. Bury me with my fathers in the cave that is in the field of Ephron the Hittite, 30 in the cave that is in the field of Machpelah, which is before Mamre, in the land of Canaan, which Abraham bought with the field from Ephron the Hittite as a burial place. 31 There they buried Abraham and Sarah, his wife. There they buried Isaac and Rebekah, his wife, and there I buried Leah:
  • Matt 27:66 : 66 So they went with the guard and made the tomb secure, sealing the stone.
  • Mark 8:12 : 12 He sighed deeply in his spirit, and said, "Why does this generation seek a sign? Most certainly I tell you, no sign will be given to this generation."
  • Mark 15:46 : 46 He bought a linen cloth, and taking him down, wound him in the linen cloth, and laid him in a tomb which had been cut out of a rock. He rolled a stone against the door of the tomb.

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  • John 11:39-41
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    85%

    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."

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

    41 So they took away the stone from the place where the dead man was lying. Jesus lifted up his eyes, and said, "Father, I thank you that you listened to me.

  • John 11:30-37
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    81%

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

    31 Then 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."

    32 Therefore 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."

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

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

    35 Jesus wept.

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

    37 Some of them said, "Couldn't this man, who opened the eyes of him who was blind, have also kept this man from dying?"

  • John 11:17-21
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    17 So when Jesus came, he found that he had been in the tomb four days already.

    18 Now Bethany was near Jerusalem, about fifteen stadia away.

    19 Many of the Jews had joined the women around Martha and Mary, to console them concerning their brother.

    20 Then when Martha heard that Jesus was coming, she went and met him, but Mary stayed in the house.

    21 Therefore Martha said to Jesus, "Lord, if you would have been here, my brother wouldn't have died.

  • John 11:43-44
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    43 When he had said this, he cried with a loud voice, "Lazarus, come out!"

    44 He who was dead came out, bound hand and foot with wrappings, and his face was wrapped around with a cloth. Jesus said to them, "Free him, and let him go."

  • Matt 27:60
    75%

    60 and laid it in his own new tomb, which he had cut out in the rock, and he rolled a great stone to the door of the tomb, and departed.

  • Mark 15:46
    75%

    46 He bought a linen cloth, and taking him down, wound him in the linen cloth, and laid him in a tomb which had been cut out of a rock. He rolled a stone against the door of the tomb.

  • Mark 16:3-4
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    3 They were saying among themselves, "Who will roll away the stone from the door of the tomb for us?"

    4 for it was very big. Looking up, they saw that the stone was rolled back.

  • John 20:11
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    11 But Mary was standing outside at the tomb weeping. So, as she wept, she stooped and looked into the tomb,

  • John 11:11-14
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    11 He said these things, and after that, he said to them, "Our friend, Lazarus, has fallen asleep, but I am going so that I may awake him out of sleep."

    12 The disciples therefore said, "Lord, if he has fallen asleep, he will recover."

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

    14 So Jesus said to them plainly then, "Lazarus is dead.

  • John 11:23
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    23 Jesus said to her, "Your brother will rise again."

  • Mark 5:38-39
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    72%

    38 He came to the synagogue ruler's house, and he saw an uproar, weeping, and great wailing.

    39 When he had entered in, he said to them, "Why do you make an uproar and weep? The child is not dead, but is asleep."

  • Luke 7:14
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    14 He came near and touched the coffin, and the bearers stood still. He said, "Young man, I tell you, arise!"

  • John 19:40-42
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    40 So they took Jesus' body, and bound it in linen cloths with the spices, as the custom of the Jews is to bury.

    41 Now in the place where he was crucified there was a garden. In the garden was a new tomb in which no man had ever yet been laid.

    42 Then because of the Jews' Preparation Day (for the tomb was near at hand) they laid Jesus there.

  • Luke 23:53
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    53 He took it down, and wrapped it in a linen cloth, and laid him in a tomb that was cut in stone, where no one had ever been laid.

  • Matt 14:12
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    12 His disciples came, and took the body, and buried it; and they went and told Jesus.

  • John 12:1
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    1 Then six days before the Passover, Jesus came to Bethany, where Lazarus was, who had been dead, whom he raised from the dead.

  • John 11:5-7
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    5 Now Jesus loved Martha, and her sister, and Lazarus.

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

    7 Then after this he said to the disciples, "Let's go into Judea again."

  • John 20:15
    70%

    15 Jesus said to her, "Woman, why are you weeping? Who are you looking for?" She, supposing him to be the gardener, said to him, "Sir, if you have carried him away, tell me where you have laid him, and I will take him away."

  • John 12:17
    70%

    17 The multitude therefore that was with him when he called Lazarus out of the tomb, and raised him from the dead, was testifying about it.

  • Luke 24:2
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    2 They found the stone rolled away from the tomb.

  • Luke 8:52-54
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    69%

    52 All were weeping and mourning her, but he said, "Don't weep. She isn't dead, but sleeping."

    53 They were ridiculing him, knowing that she was dead.

    54 But he put them all outside, and taking her by the hand, he called, saying, "Child, arise!"

  • Matt 28:2
    69%

    2 Behold, there was a great earthquake, for an angel of the Lord descended from the sky, and came and rolled away the stone from the door, and sat on it.

  • John 20:6
    69%

    6 Then Simon Peter came, following him, and entered into the tomb. He saw the linen cloths lying,

  • John 20:13
    69%

    13 They told her, "Woman, why are you weeping?" She said to them, "Because they have taken away my Lord, and I don't know where they have laid him."

  • Mark 6:29
    69%

    29 When his disciples heard this, they came and took up his corpse, and laid it in a tomb.