John 11:17

And Jeshu came to Bethania, and found that he had been four days in the house of burial.

The Peschito Syriac New Testament: Translated into English by John Wesley Etheridge

In The King James Version

Then when Jesus came, he found that he had lain in the grave four days already.

In Context

16Thoma, who is called the Twin, saith to his fellow-disciples, Let us also go, that we may die with him.

18Now Bethania was nigh to Urishlem, being a distance from it of about fifteen stadia.

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Cross References

John 2:19Jeshu answered, Destroy this temple, and in three days I will raise it.

Acts 2:27For thou wilt not leave my soul in Shiul, Nor give thy Saint to see corruption.

Matthew Henry on John 11:2-17

The Death of Lazarus. 1 Now a certain man was sick, named Lazarus, of Bethany, the town of Mary and her sister Martha. 2 (It was that Mary which anointed the Lord with ointment, and wiped his feet with her hair, whose brother Lazarus was sick.) 3 Therefore his sisters sent unto him, saying, Lord, behold, he whom thou lovest is sick. 4 When Jesus heard that, he said, This sickness is not unto death, but for the glory of God, that the Son of God might be glorified thereby. 5 Now Jesus loved Martha, and her sister,… Read the whole commentary →

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