John 11:39

Jesus said: Take away the stone. Martha, the sister of him that was dead, said to him: Lord, the body is offensive; for he has been dead four days.

Henry Tompkins Anderson’s 1864 New Testament

In The King James Version

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.

In Context

38Then Jesus, again greatly moved within himself, came to the tomb. It was a cave, and a stone was laid against it.

40Jesus said to her: Did I not tell you, that, if you would believe, you should see the glory of God?

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Cross References

Mark 16:3And they said among themselves: Who will roll away the stone for us from the door of the sepulcher?

Acts 2:27because thou wilt not leave my soul in hades, nor suffer thy Holy One to see corruption.

Philippians 3:21who will transform our humbled body, and make it like his glorious body, according to that power by which he is able to subdue all things to himself.

Matthew Henry on John 11:34-45

Christ at the Grave of Lazarus; The Resurrection of Lazarus. 33 When Jesus therefore saw her weeping, and the Jews also weeping which came with her, he groaned in the spirit, and was troubled, 34 And said, Where have ye laid him? They said unto him, Lord, come and see. 35 Jesus wept. 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? 38 Jesus therefore again groaning in himself cometh… Read the whole commentary →

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