John 11:39

“Take away the stone,” Jesus said. “Lord, by now he stinks,” said Martha, the sister of the dead man. “It has already been four days.”

Berean Standard Bible

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, once again deeply moved, came to the tomb. It was a cave with a stone laid across the entrance.

40Jesus replied, “Did I not tell you that if you believed, you would see the glory of God?”

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Cross References

Genesis 23:4“I am a foreigner and an outsider among you. Give me a burial site among you so that I can bury my dead.”

Psalms 49:9that he should live on forever and not see decay.

Mark 16:3They were asking one another, “Who will roll away the stone from the entrance of the tomb?”

Acts 2:27because You will not abandon my soul to Hades, nor will You let Your Holy One see decay.

Philippians 3:21who, by the power that enables Him to subject all things to Himself, will transform our lowly bodies to be like His glorious body.

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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