John 11:38
36 Then the Jews said, “See how He loved him!”
37 But some of them asked, “Could not this man who opened the eyes of the blind also have kept Lazarus from dying?”
Jesus, once again deeply moved, came to the tomb. It was a cave with a stone laid across the entrance.
39 “Take away the stone,” Jesus said. “Lord, by now he stinks,” said Martha, the sister of the dead man. “It has already been four days.”
40 Jesus replied, “Did I not tell you that if you believed, you would see the glory of God?”
Here the Bible tells a story about someone else. Ask yourself what it can say to us today. Do read the surrounding verses too, because the context often says more than a single verse.
Compare
- BSB
- Jesus, once again deeply moved, came to the tomb. It was a cave with a stone laid across the entrance.
- KJV
- Jesus therefore again groaning in himself cometh to the grave. It was a cave, and a stone lay upon it.
- WEB
- Jesus therefore, again groaning in himself, came to the tomb. Now it was a cave, and a stone lay against it.
- ASV
- Jesus therefore again groaning in himself cometh to the tomb. Now it was a cave, and a stone lay against it.
- DARBY
- Jesus therefore, again deeply moved in himself, comes to the tomb. Now it was a cave, and a stone lay upon it.
- BLB
- So Jesus, being deeply moved in Himself again, comes to the tomb. Now it was a cave, and a stone was lying upon it.
- ÅB
- Jesus ble da igjen opprørt i sin sjel, og kom til graven; det var en hule, og det lå en stein over den.
- OTB
- Jesus, igjen dypt beveget, kom til graven. Det var en hule med en stein lagt over inngangen.
- B1930
- Jesus blev da atter oprørt i sin sjel, og kom til graven; det var en hule, og det lå en sten over den.
Study notes (Tyndale)
Original text and word study
Cross references
John 11:33
When Jesus saw her weeping, and the Jews who had come with her also weeping, He was deeply moved in spirit and troubled.
Read in contextMatthew 27:60
and placed it in his own new tomb that he had cut into the rock. Then he rolled a great stone across the entrance to the tomb and went away.
Read in contextLuke 24:2
They found the stone rolled away from the tomb,
Read in contextGenesis 23:19
After this, Abraham buried his wife Sarah in the cave of the field at Machpelah near Mamre (that is, Hebron) in the land of Canaan.
Read in contextIsaiah 22:16
What are you doing here, and who authorized you to carve out a tomb for yourself here—to chisel your tomb in the height and cut your resting place in the rock?
Read in contextJohn 20:1
Early on the first day of the week, while it was still dark, Mary Magdalene went to the tomb and saw that the stone had been removed from the entrance.
Read in contextMark 8:12
Jesus sighed deeply in His spirit and said, “Why does this generation demand a sign? Truly I tell you, no sign will be given to this generation.”
Read in contextMark 15:46
So Joseph bought a linen cloth, took down the body of Jesus, wrapped it in the cloth, and placed it in a tomb that had been cut out of the rock. Then he rolled a stone against the entrance to the tomb.
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