Verse 17
John 11:17
Free Bible Version
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When he arrived, Yashua (Jesus) learned that Lazarus had been in the tomb for four days.
Original Language Text
greek
Ἐλθὼν οὖν ὁ Ἰησοῦς εὗρεν αὐτὸν τέσσαρας ⸂ἤδη ἡμέρας⸃ ἔχοντα ἐν τῷ μνημείῳ.
English Translation
So Jesus, having come, found him already four days in the tomb.
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Chapter 11 Context
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A man named Lazarus was sick. He lived in Bethany with his sisters Mary and Martha.
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Mary was the one who had anointed the Lord with perfume and wiped his feet with her hair. It was her...
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So the sisters sent a message to Yashua (Jesus): “Lord, your close friend is sick.”
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When Yashua (Jesus) heard the news he said, “The end result of this sickness will not be death. Thro...
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Even though Yashua (Jesus) loved Martha, Mary, and Lazarus,
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and had heard that Lazarus was sick, he remained where he was for two more days.
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Then he told the disciples, “Let's return to Judea.”
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The disciples replied, “Rabbi, just a few days ago the Jews were trying to stone you. Do you really...
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“Aren't there twelve hours in a day?” Yashua (Jesus) replied.
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“If you walk during the day you don't stumble because you can see where you're going by the light of...
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After telling them this, he said, “Our friend Lazarus has fallen asleep, but I'm going to go there a...
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The disciples said, “Lord, if he's sleeping then he'll get better.”
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Yashua (Jesus) had been referring to the death of Lazarus, but the disciples thought he meant actual...
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So Yashua (Jesus) told them plainly, “Lazarus is dead.
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For your sake I'm glad I wasn't there, because now you will be able to trust in me. Let's go and see...
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Thomas, the Twin, said to his fellow-disciples, “Let's go too so we can die with him.”
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When he arrived, Yashua (Jesus) learned that Lazarus had been in the tomb for four days.
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Bethany was just two miles from Jerusalem,
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When Martha found out that Yashua (Jesus) was coming, she went to meet him, but Mary stayed at home.
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Martha said to Yashua (Jesus), “Lord, if you'd been here, my brother wouldn't have died.
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But I'm certain that even now God (Elohim) will give you whatever you ask.”
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Yashua (Jesus) told her, “Your brother will rise again.”
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“I know he will rise again in the resurrection at the last day,” Martha answered.
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Yashua (Jesus) said, “I am the resurrection and the life. Those who trust in me will live, even thou...
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All who live in me and trust in me will never die. Do you believe this?”
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“Yes, Lord,” she replied, “I believe you are the Messiah, the Son of God (Elohim), the one expected...
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When she had said this, she went and told her sister Mary in private, “The Teacher's here, and askin...
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As soon as she heard, Mary quickly got up and went to see him.
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Yashua (Jesus) hadn't arrived in the village yet. He was still at the place where Martha had met him...
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The Jews who had been comforting Mary in the home saw how she'd got up quickly and left. So they fol...
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When Mary arrived at the place where Yashua (Jesus) was and saw him, she fell at his feet and said,...
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When Yashua (Jesus) saw her crying, and the Jews who had come with her crying as well, he was very t...
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“Where have you laid him?” he asked. They replied, “Lord, come and see.”
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“See how much he loved him,” the Jews said.
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But some of them said, “If he could open the eyes of a blind man, couldn't he have kept Lazarus from...
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Very troubled, Yashua (Jesus) went to the tomb. It was a cave with a large stone placed at the entra...
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“Remove the stone,” Yashua (Jesus) told them. But Martha, the dead man's sister, said, “Lord, by now...
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“Didn't I tell you that if you trusted me you would see God (Elohim)'s glory?” Yashua (Jesus) replie...
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So they removed the stone. Yashua (Jesus) looked heavenwards, and said, “Father, thank you for liste...
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I know you always listen to me. I said this because of the crowd standing here so that they will bel...
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After saying this, Yashua (Jesus) shouted, “Lazarus, come out!”
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The dead man came out, his hands and feet bound with strips of linen, and with a cloth around his fa...
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Then the chief priests and the Pharisees called a meeting of the ruling council. “What shall we do?”...
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If we allow him to continue, everybody will believe in him, and then the Romans will destroy both th...
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“You don't understand anything!” said Caiaphas, who was high priest that year.
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“Can't you see that it's better for you that one man die for the people so that the whole nation won...
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He didn't say this on his own behalf, but as chief priest that year he was prophesying that Yashua (...
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And this was not just for the Jewish nation, but for all the scattered children of God (Elohim) so t...
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It was nearly time for the Jewish Passover, and many people went from the countryside to Jerusalem t...
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People were looking for Yashua (Jesus) and talking about him as they stood in the Temple. “What do y...
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