John 11:18

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

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

In The King James Version

Now Bethany was nigh unto Jerusalem, about fifteen furlongs off:

In Context

17And Jeshu came to Bethania, and found that he had been four days in the house of burial.

19And many of the Jihudoyee had come to Martha and Mariam, that they might speak to their hearts concerning their brother.

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Cross References

John 6:19And they had led stadia twentyfive or thirty, and they saw Jeshu walking upon the sea, and drawing nigh to the vessel; and they feared.

Revelation 14:20And the winepress was trodden (without the city, and blood flowed from the winepress) unto the bridles of the horses, a thousand and six hundred stadia.

Matthew Henry on John 11:18-33

Christ at Bethany. 17 Then when Jesus came, he found that he had lain in the grave four days already. 18 Now Bethany was nigh unto Jerusalem, about fifteen furlongs off: 19 And many of the Jews came to Martha and Mary, to comfort them concerning their brother. 20 Then Martha, as soon as she heard that Jesus was coming, went and met him: but Mary sat still in the house. 21 Then said Martha unto Jesus, Lord, if thou hadst been here, my brother had not died. 22 But I know, that even now, whatsoever thou wilt ask of… Read the whole commentary →

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