John 11:6

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“So on hearing that Lazarus was sick, He stayed where He was for two days,”

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BSBPD

“So on hearing that Lazarus was sick, He stayed where He was for two days,”

Berean Standard Bible · Public Domain (CC0)
KJVPD

“When he had heard therefore that he was sick, he abode two days still in the same place where he was.”

King James Version · Public Domain
ASVPD

“When therefore he heard that he was sick, he abode at that time two days in the place where he was.”

American Standard Version · Public Domain
YLTPD

“when, therefore, he heard that he is ailing, then indeed he remained in the place in which he was two days,”

Young's Literal Translation · Public Domain
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Cross references

Other passages that echo John 11:6 — 8 related verses from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.

  1. Genesis 22:14And Abraham called that place The LORD Will Provide. So to this day it is said, “On the mountain of the LORD it will be provided.”
  2. Genesis 42:24And he turned away from them and wept. When he turned back and spoke to them, he took Simeon from them and had him bound before their eyes.
  3. Genesis 43:29When Joseph looked up and saw his brother Benjamin, his own mother’s son, he asked, “Is this your youngest brother, the one you told me about?” Then he declared, “May God be gracious to you, my son.”
  4. Genesis 44:1Then Joseph instructed his steward: “Fill the men’s sacks with as much food as they can carry, and put each one’s silver in the mouth of his sack.
  5. Genesis 45:1Then Joseph could no longer control himself before all his attendants, and he cried out, “Send everyone away from me!” So none of them were with Joseph when he made himself known to his brothers.
  6. Isaiah 30:18Therefore the LORD longs to be gracious to you; therefore He rises to show you compassion, for the LORD is a just God. Blessed are all who wait for Him.
  7. Isaiah 55:8“For My thoughts are not your thoughts, neither are your ways My ways,” declares the LORD.
  8. Matthew 15:22And a Canaanite woman from that region came to Him, crying out, “Lord, Son of David, have mercy on me! My daughter is miserably possessed by a demon.”

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