John 11:39

Jesus said, Take away the stone. Martha, the sister of him who was dead, said, Lord, by this time the body will be smelling, for he has been dead four days.

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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

38So Jesus, deeply troubled in heart, came to the place of the dead. It was a hole in the rock, and a stone was over the opening.

40Jesus said to her, Did I not say to you that if you had faith you would see the glory of God?

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Cross References

Genesis 23:4I am living among you as one from a strange country: give me some land here as my property, so that I may put my dead to rest.

Psalms 49:9\49:8\(Because it takes a great price to keep his soul from death, and man is not able to give it.)

Mark 16:3And they were saying among themselves, Who will get the stone rolled away from the door for us?

Acts 2:27For you will not let my soul be in hell and you will not give up your Holy One to destruction.

Philippians 3:21By whom this poor body of ours will be changed into the image of the body of his glory, in the measure of the working by which he is able to put all things under 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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