John 11:38 “Jesus, once again deeply moved, came to the tomb. It was a cave with a…”

John 11:38

Jesus, once again deeply moved, came to the tomb. It was a cave with a stone laid across the entrance.

Berean Standard Bible

Other translations

King James Version

Jesus therefore again groaning in himself cometh to the grave. It was a cave, and a stone lay upon it.

World English Bible

Jesus therefore, again groaning in himself, came to the tomb. Now it was a cave, and a stone lay against it.

American Standard Version

Jesus therefore again groaning in himself cometh to the tomb. Now it was a cave, and a stone lay against it.

Geneva Bible 1599

Iesus therefore againe groned in himselfe, and came to the graue. And it was a caue, and a stone was layde vpon it.

Darby Translation

Jesus therefore, again deeply moved in himself, comes to the tomb. Now it was a cave, and a stone lay upon it.

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,

Bible in Basic English

So Jesus, deeply troubled in heart, came to the place of the dead. It was a hole in the rock, and a stone was over the opening.

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Cross references

“groaning”

John 11:33 Mark 8:12 Ezekiel 9:4 Ezekiel 21:6

John 11:33 · BSB

When Jesus saw her weeping, and the Jews who had come with her also weeping, He was deeply moved in spirit and troubled.

Mark 8:12 · BSB

Jesus 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.”

Ezekiel 9:4 · BSB

“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 21:6 · BSB

But you, son of man, groan! Groan before their eyes with a broken heart and bitter grief.

“It was”

Matthew 27:60 Genesis 23:19 Isaiah 22:16 Genesis 49:29–31 Matthew 27:66

Matthew 27:60 · BSB

and 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.

Genesis 23:19 · BSB

After this, Abraham buried his wife Sarah in the cave of the field at Machpelah near Mamre (that is, Hebron) in the land of Canaan.

Isaiah 22:16 · BSB

What 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?

Genesis 49:29–31 · BSB

Then 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.

Matthew 27:66 · BSB

So they went and secured the tomb by sealing the stone and posting the guard.

Also

Luke 24:2 Mark 15:46 John 20:1

Luke 24:2 · BSB

They found the stone rolled away from the tomb,

Mark 15:46 · BSB

So 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.

John 20:1 · BSB

Early 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.

Cross references adapted from OpenBible.info (CC BY 4.0) and the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.

In context

37But some of them asked, “Could not this man who opened the eyes of the blind also have kept Lazarus from dying?”

39“Take away the stone,” Jesus said. “Lord, by now he stinks,” said Martha, the sister of the dead man. “It has already been four days.”

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