John 11:18 - An Understandable Version (2005 edition)

¹⁸ Now Bethany was close to Jerusalem, [being] fewer than two miles away,

More versions

King James Version (Oxford) 1769

¹⁸ Now Bethany was nigh unto Jerusalem, about fifteen furlongs off:

Amplified Bible - Classic Edition

¹⁸ Bethany was near Jerusalem, only about two miles away,

American Standard Version (1901)

¹⁸ Now Bethany was nigh unto Jerusalem, about fifteen furlongs off;

Common English Bible

¹⁸ Bethany was a little less than two miles from Jerusalem.

Catholic Public Domain Version

¹⁸ (Now Bethania was near Jerusalem, about fifteen stadia.)

Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version

¹⁸ (Now Bethania was near Jerusalem, about fifteen furlongs off.)

John 11:18 Cross References

Matthew 21:17

He then left them and went out of the city [of Jerusalem] to Bethany [Note: This was a small village near Bethphage] and stayed there [i.e., probably at the home of Mary, Martha and Lazarus. See John 11:1].

Luke 24:13

Then, on that same day, two disciples [See Mark 16:12] were [walking along], going to a village named Emmaus, which was about seven miles [northwest] of Jerusalem.

John 11:1

Now a certain man named Lazarus, from Bethany, became sick. Bethany was the town where Mary and her sister Martha lived. [See 11:18].

John 6:19

And when the disciples had rowed about three or four miles, they saw Jesus walking on the [surface of the] water. They became afraid as Jesus got closer to their boat.

Revelation 14:20

Then the [grapes in the] winepress were trampled on outside of the city and blood flowed out of the winepress as deep as the horses’ bridles for a distance of one hundred and eighty-four [square] miles.

Revelation 21:16

Now the city is laid out as a perfect square; its length is the same as its width. So, he measured the city with the stick [and found it to be] fifteen hundred miles each way; its length and width and height all being the same.