KJV King James Version
Jesus therefore again groaning in himself cometh to the grave. It was a cave, and a stone lay upon it.
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John 11:38
Jesus therefore again groaning in himself cometh to the grave. It was a cave, and a stone lay upon it.
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BSB Berean Standard Bible
Jesus, once again deeply moved, came to the tomb. It was a cave with a stone laid across the entrance.
WEB World English Bible
Jesus therefore, again groaning in himself, came to the tomb. Now it was a cave, and a stone lay against it.
ASV American Standard Version
Jesus therefore again groaning in himself cometh to the tomb. Now it was a cave, and a stone lay against it.
YLT Young’s Literal Translation
Jesus, therefore, again groaning in himself, cometh to the tomb, and it was a cave, and a stone was lying upon it,
Surrounding context — John 11
35 Jesus wept.
36 Then said the Jews, Behold how he loved him!
37 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?
38 Jesus therefore again groaning in himself cometh to the grave. It was a cave, and a stone lay upon it.
39 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.
40 Jesus saith unto her, Said I not unto thee, that, if thou wouldest believe, thou shouldest see the glory of God?
41 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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These Hebrew/Greek tokens are linked by Strong's number. Click one for its lexicon definition and other occurrences.
ἸησοῦςG2424 · IēsousJesusοὖνG3767 · ountherefore/thenπάλινG3825 · palinagainἐμβριμώμενοςG1690 · embrimaomaibe agitatedἐνG1722 · enin/on/amongἑαυτῷG1438 · heautouthemselfἔρχεταιG2064 · erchomaito come/goεἰςG1519 · eistowardτὸG3588 · hothe/this/whoμνημεῖον·G3419 · mnēmeiongraveἦνG1510 · eimito beδὲG1161 · dethenσπήλαιον,G4693 · spēlaioncaveκαὶG2532 · kaiandλίθοςG3037 · lithosstoneἐπέκειτοG1945 · epikeimaito lay onἐπ᾽G1909 · epiupon/to/againstαὐτῷ.G846 · autosit/s/he
Cross-references
John 11:33When Jesus therefore saw her weeping, and the Jews also weeping which came with her, he groaned in the spirit, and was troubled,Luke 24:2And they found the stone rolled away from the sepulchre.Matthew 27:60And laid it in his own new tomb, which he had hewn out in the rock: and he rolled a great stone to the door of the sepulchre, and departed.Genesis 23:19And after this, Abraham buried Sarah his wife in the cave of the field of Machpelah before Mamre: the same [is] Hebron in the land of Canaan.Isaiah 22:16What hast thou here? and whom hast thou here, that thou hast hewed thee out a sepulchre here, [as] he that heweth him out a sepulchre on high, [and] that graveth an habitation for himself in a rock?John 20:1The first [day] of the week cometh Mary Magdalene early, when it was yet dark, unto the sepulchre, and seeth the stone taken away from the sepulchre.Mark 8:12And he sighed deeply in his spirit, and saith, Why doth this generation seek after a sign? verily I say unto you, There shall no sign be given unto this generation.Mark 15:46And he bought fine linen, and took him down, and wrapped him in the linen, and laid him in a sepulchre which was hewn out of a rock, and rolled a stone unto the door of the sepulchre.Ezekiel 21:6Sigh therefore, thou son of man, with the breaking of [thy] loins; and with bitterness sigh before their eyes.Genesis 49:29-31And he charged them, and said unto them, I am to be gathered unto my people: bury me with my fathers in the cave that [is] in the field of Ephron the Hittite,Matthew 27:66So they went, and made the sepulchre sure, sealing the stone, and setting a watch.Ezekiel 9:4And the LORD said unto him, Go through the midst of the city, through the midst of Jerusalem, and set a mark upon the foreheads of the men that sigh and that cry for all the abominations that be done in the midst thereof.
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