John 11:39

Jesus saith: Take away the stone. Martha, the sister of him that was dead, saith to him: Lord, by this time he stinketh, for he is now of four days.

Douay-Rheims Bible (Challoner, 1752)

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, cometh to the sepulchre. Now it was a cave; and a stone was laid over it.

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

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Cross References

Genesis 23:4I am a stranger and sojourner among you: give me the right of a burying place with you, that I may bury my dead.

Psalms 49:9I will not take calves out of thy house: nor he-goats out of thy flocks.

Mark 16:3And they said one to another: Who shall roll us back the stone from the door of the sepulchre?

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

Philippians 3:21Who will reform the body of our lowness, made like to the body of his glory, according to the operation whereby also he is able to subdue all things unto 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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