John 11:39

Contemporary English Version (Anglicised) 2012

Then he told the people to roll the stone away. But Martha said, “Lord, you know that Lazarus has been dead four days, and there will be a bad smell.”

Cross References

Genesis 23:4

“I live as a foreigner in your land, and I don't own any property where I can bury my wife. Please let me buy a piece of land.”

Genesis 3:19

You will have to sweat to earn a living; you were made out of soil, and you will once again turn into soil.”

Psalm 49:14

They are like sheep with death as their shepherd, leading them to the grave. In the morning God's people will walk all over them, as their bodies lie rotting in their home, the grave.

Psalm 49:7

You cannot buy back your life or pay off God!

Psalm 49:9

to stay alive for ever and safe from death.

Mark 16:3

On their way, they were asking one another, “Who will roll the stone away from the entrance for us?”

John 11:17

When Jesus got to Bethany, he found that Lazarus had already been in the tomb four days.

Acts 13:36

When David was alive, he obeyed God. Then after he died, he was buried in the family grave, and his body decayed.

Acts 2:27

The Lord won't leave me in the grave. I am his holy one, and he won't let my body decay.

Philippians 3:21

has power over everything, and he will make these poor bodies of ours like his own glorious body.