John 11:39

Jesus said, “Take away the stone.” Martha, the sister of the one having died, said to Him, “Lord, already there is a stench, for he has been dead four days.”

English Majority Text (NT)

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

38Then Jesus, again groaning in Himself, came to the tomb. Now it was a cave, and a stone was lying upon it.

40Jesus said to her, “Did I not say to you that if you would believe you would 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 from the door of the tomb for us?”

Acts 2:27Because You will not abandon my soul in Hades, 1 nor will You allow Your Holy One to see corruption. 1

Philippians 3:21who will transform our lowly body, that it may be conformed to His glorious body, according to the working by which He is able even 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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