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John 11:39 — Meaning and Application
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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. "
John 11:39
Verse in Context
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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?
Jesus therefore again groaning in himself cometh to the grave. It was a cave, and a stone lay upon it.
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.
Jesus saith unto her, Said I not unto thee, that, if thou wouldest believe, thou shouldest see the glory of God?
Then they took away the stone from the place where the dead was laid. And Jesus lifted up his eyes, and said, Father, I thank thee that thou hast heard me.
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John 11:1
"Now a certain man was sick, named Lazarus, of Bethany, the town of Mary and her sister Martha."
John 11:2
"(It was that Mary which anointed the Lord with ointment, and wiped his feet with her hair, whose brother Lazarus was sick.)"
John 11:3
"Therefore his sisters sent unto him, saying, Lord, behold, he whom thou lovest is sick."
John 11:4
"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."
John 11:5
"Now Jesus loved Martha, and her sister, and Lazarus."
John 11:6
"When he had heard therefore that he was sick, he abode two days still in the same place where he was."
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