Verse 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.”

Referenced Verses

• John 11:17 : 17 Speaking with Martha and Mary When Jesus arrived, he found that Lazarus had been in the tomb four days already.
• Acts 2:27 : 27 because you will not leave my soul in Hades, nor permit your Holy One to experience decay.
• Acts 13:36 : 36 For David, after he had served God’s purpose in his own generation, died, was buried with his ancestors, and experienced decay,
• Phil 3:21 : 21 who will transform these humble bodies of ours into the likeness of his glorious body by means of that power by which he is able to subject all things to himself.
• Gen 3:19 : 19 By the sweat of your brow you will eat food until you return to the ground, for out of it you were taken; for you are dust, and to dust you will return.”
• Gen 23:4 : 4 “I am a foreign resident, a temporary settler, among you. Grant me ownership of a burial site among you so that I may bury my dead.”
• Ps 49:7 : 7 Certainly a man cannot rescue his brother; he cannot pay God an adequate ransom price
• Ps 49:9 : 9 so that he might continue to live forever and not experience death.
• Ps 49:14 : 14 They will travel to Sheol like sheep, with death as their shepherd. The godly will rule over them when the day of vindication dawns; Sheol will consume their bodies and they will no longer live in impressive houses.
• Mark 16:3 : 3 They had been asking each other,“Who will roll away the stone for us from the entrance to the tomb?”