Verse 31

Then 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.

Referenced Verses

  • John 11:19 : 19 so many of the Jewish people of the region had come to Martha and Mary to console them over the loss of their brother.)
  • 1 Cor 2:15 : 15 The one who is spiritual discerns all things, yet he himself is understood by no one.
  • Gen 37:35 : 35 All his sons and daughters stood by him to console him, but he refused to be consoled.“No,” he said,“I will go to the grave mourning my son.” So Joseph’s father wept for him.
  • 2 Sam 12:16-18 : 16 Then David prayed to God for the child and fasted. He would even go and spend the night lying on the ground. 17 The elders of his house stood over him and tried to lift him from the ground, but he was unwilling, and refused to eat food with them. 18 On the seventh day the child died. But the servants of David were afraid to inform him that the child had died, for they said,“While the child was still alive he would not listen to us when we spoke to him. How can we tell him that the child is dead? He will do himself harm!”