John 11:38
BSB · Public Domain (CC0)“Jesus, once again deeply moved, came to the tomb. It was a cave with a stone laid across the entrance.”
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“Jesus, once again deeply moved, came to the tomb. It was a cave with a stone laid across the entrance.”
Berean Standard Bible · Public Domain (CC0)“Jesus therefore again groaning in himself cometh to the grave. It was a cave, and a stone lay upon it.”
King James Version · Public Domain“Jesus therefore again groaning in himself cometh to the tomb. Now it was a cave, and a stone lay against it.”
American Standard Version · Public Domain“Jesus, therefore, again groaning in himself, cometh to the tomb, and it was a cave, and a stone was lying upon it,”
Young's Literal Translation · Public DomainOther passages that echo John 11:38 — 12 related verses from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.
- Genesis 23:19After this, Abraham buried his wife Sarah in the cave of the field at Machpelah near Mamre (that is, Hebron) in the land of Canaan.
- Genesis 49:29Then Jacob instructed them, “I am about to be gathered to my people. Bury me with my fathers in the cave in the field of Ephron the Hittite.
- Isaiah 22:16What are you doing here, and who authorized you to carve out a tomb for yourself here—to chisel your tomb in the height and cut your resting place in the rock?
- Ezekiel 9:4“Go throughout the city of Jerusalem,” said the LORD, “and put a mark on the foreheads of the men sighing and groaning over all the abominations committed there.”
- Ezekiel 21:6But you, son of man, groan! Groan before their eyes with a broken heart and bitter grief.
- Matthew 27:60and placed it in his own new tomb that he had cut into the rock. Then he rolled a great stone across the entrance to the tomb and went away.
- Matthew 27:66So they went and secured the tomb by sealing the stone and posting the guard.
- Mark 8:12Jesus sighed deeply in His spirit and said, “Why does this generation demand a sign? Truly I tell you, no sign will be given to this generation.”
- Mark 15:46So Joseph bought a linen cloth, took down the body of Jesus, wrapped it in the cloth, and placed it in a tomb that had been cut out of the rock. Then he rolled a stone against the entrance to the tomb.
- Luke 24:2They found the stone rolled away from the tomb,
- John 11:33When Jesus saw her weeping, and the Jews who had come with her also weeping, He was deeply moved in spirit and troubled.
- John 20:1Early on the first day of the week, while it was still dark, Mary Magdalene went to the tomb and saw that the stone had been removed from the entrance.
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