John 11:38
36 Then said the Jews, Behold how he loved him!
37 And some of them said, Could not this man, which opened the eyes of the blind, have caused that even this man should not have died?
Jesus therefore again groaning in himself cometh to the grave. It was a cave, and a stone lay upon it.
39 Jesus said, Take ye away the stone. Martha, the sister of him that was dead, saith unto him, Lord, by this time he stinketh: for he hath been dead four days.
40 Jesus saith unto her, Said I not unto thee, that, if thou wouldest believe, thou shouldest 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 therefore saw her weeping, and the Jews also weeping which came with her, he groaned in the spirit, and was troubled,
Read in contextMatthew 27:60
And laid it in his own new tomb, which he had hewn out in the rock: and he rolled a great stone to the door of the sepulchre, and departed.
Read in contextLuke 24:2
And they found the stone rolled away from the sepulchre.
Read in contextGenesis 23:19
And after this, Abraham buried Sarah his wife in the cave of the field of Machpelah before Mamre: the same is Hebron in the land of Canaan.
Read in contextIsaiah 22:16
What hast thou here? and whom hast thou here, that thou hast hewed thee out a sepulchre here, as he that heweth him out a sepulchre on high, and that graveth an habitation for himself in a rock?
Read in contextJohn 20:1
The first day of the week cometh Mary Magdalene early, when it was yet dark, unto the sepulchre, and seeth the stone taken away from the sepulchre.
Read in contextMark 8:12
And he sighed deeply in his spirit, and saith, Why doth this generation seek after a sign? verily I say unto you, There shall no sign be given unto this generation.
Read in contextMark 15:46
And he bought fine linen, and took him down, and wrapped him in the linen, and laid him in a sepulchre which was hewn out of a rock, and rolled a stone unto the door of the sepulchre.
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