Verse 39
John 11:39
Free Bible Version
39
So they removed the stone. Yashua (Jesus) looked heavenwards, and said, “Father, thank you for listening to me.
Original Language Text
greek
λέγει ὁ Ἰησοῦς· Ἄρατε τὸν λίθον. λέγει αὐτῷ ἡ ἀδελφὴ τοῦ ⸀τετελευτηκότος Μάρθα· Κύριε, ἤδη ὄζει, τεταρταῖος γάρ ἐστιν.
English Translation
Jesus says, "Take away the stone." Martha, the sister of the one who had died, says to him, "Lord, already he smells, for he has been dead four days."
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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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