John 11:39

Jesus says: Take away the stone. The sister of him that was dead, Martha, says to him: Lord, by this time he is offensive; for he has been dead four days.

The New Testament, American Bible Union (1865)

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

38Jesus therefore, again groaning in himself, comes to the tomb. It was a cave, and a stone lay upon it.

40Jesus says to her: Said I not to thee, that, if thou believe, thou shalt see the glory of God?

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Cross References

Mark 16:3And they said to one another: Who will roll away the stone for us, out of the door of the sepulchre?

Acts 2:27Because thou wilt not abandon my soul to the underworld, Nor wilt thou suffer thy Holy One to see corruption.

Philippians 3:21who will transform the body of our humiliation, that it may be conformed to the body of his glory, according to the working with which he is able also to subject 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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