John 11:18
Now Bethany was near Jerusalem, about fifteen stadia off,
Darby Translation
In The King James Version
Now Bethany was nigh unto Jerusalem, about fifteen furlongs off:
In Context
17Jesus therefore [on] arriving found him to have been four days already in the tomb.
19and many of the Jews came to Martha and Mary, that they might console them concerning their brother.
Cross References
John 6:19Having rowed then about twenty-five or thirty stadia, they see Jesus walking on the sea and coming near the ship; and they were frightened.
Revelation 14:20and the wine-press was trodden without the city, and blood went out of the wine-press to the bits of the horses for a thousand six hundred stadia.
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 →