John 11:18

Now Bethany was near Jerusalem, about fifteen furlongs away from it,

A Conservative Version

In The King James Version

Now Bethany was nigh unto Jerusalem, about fifteen furlongs off:

In Context

17So when Jesus came, he found him already four days being kept in the sepucher.

19and many of the Jews had come to the women, about Martha and Mary, so that they might console them about their brother.

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Cross References

John 6:19Therefore having impelled forward about twenty-five or thirty furlongs, they see Jesus walking on the sea, and coming near to the boat, and they were afraid.

Revelation 14:20And the winepress was trampled outside the city, and blood came out from the winepress, up to the bridles of the horses, as far as a thousand and six hundred furlongs.

Matthew Henry on John 11:18-33

Christ at Bethany. 17 Then when Jesus came, he found that he had lain in the grave four days already. 18 Now Bethany was nigh unto Jerusalem, about fifteen furlongs off: 19 And many of the Jews came to Martha and Mary, to comfort them concerning their brother. 20 Then Martha, as soon as she heard that Jesus was coming, went and met him: but Mary sat still in the house. 21 Then said Martha unto Jesus, Lord, if thou hadst been here, my brother had not died. 22 But I know, that even now, whatsoever thou wilt ask of… Read the whole commentary →

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