the Week of Proper 25 / Ordinary 30
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John 11:18
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Bethany was about two miles from Jerusalem.
Bethanie was nye vnto Ierusalem aboute. xv. furlonges of
Now Beit-Anyah was near Yerushalayim, about fifteen stadia away.
Now Bethany was near Jerusalem, about two milesfifteen stadia">[fn] away,
Now Bethany was near Jerusalem, about fifteen stadia away;
Bethany was about two miles from Jerusalem.
Now Bethany was near to Jerusalem, about two miles away;
(Now Bethany was nigh to Jerusalem, about fifteen furlongs distant.)
Bethany was near Jerusalem, about two miles off,
Now Bethany was near Jerusalem, about fifteen stadia away.
(Now Bethany was near Jerusalem, about fifteen furlongs off.)
Bethany was near Jerusalem, the distance being a little less than two miles;
And Bethany was bisidis Jerusalem, as it were fiftene furlongis.
Now Bethany was nigh unto Jerusalem, about fifteen furlongs off;
Now Bethany was near Jerusalem, a little less than two miles away,
Bethany was near Jerusalem, about two miles away;
Now Bethany was nigh unto Jerusalem, about fifteen furlongs off;
Now Bethany was near to Jerusalem, about two miles away;
Now Beit-Anyah was about two miles from Yerushalayim,
Now Bethany was near Jerusalem, about fifteen stadia off,
Now Bethania was nigh to Urishlem, being a distance from it of about fifteen stadia.
Now Bethany was near to Jerusalem, distant from it about fifteen furlongs.
(Now Bethanie was nigh vnto Hierusalem, about fifteene furlongs off:)
Bethany was only a few miles down the road from Jerusalem,
Bethany was about one-half hour walk from Jerusalem.
Now Bethany was near Jerusalem, some two miles away,
(Nowe Bethania was neere vnto Hierusalem, about fifteene furlongs off.)
Now Bethany was towards Jerusalem, a distance of about two miles.
Now Bethany was near Jerusalem, about fifteen furlongs off;
(Now Bethania was near Jerusalem, about fifteen furlongs off.)
Bethany was near Jerusalem, about two miles off,
(Bethanie was nye vnto Hierusalem, about fifteene furlonges of.)
Bethany was less than two miles from Jerusalem,
Bethany was near Jerusalem (less than two miles away).
Now Bethany was nigh unto Jerusalem, about fifteen furlongs off:
(Now Bethany was near Jerusalem, about fifteen stadia.
And Bethany was near Jerusalem, about fifteen stadia off.
And Bethany was nigh to Jerusalem, about fifteen furlongs off,
Bethanye was nye vnto Ierusale, aboute fiftene furloges.
now Bethany being distant from Jerusalem but about fifteen furlongs,
(Now Bethany was less than two miles from Jerusalem,
Now Bethany was near Jerusalem, about two miles [fn] away.
Now Bethany was just a couple of miles outside of Jerusalem,
Now Bethany was near Jerusalem, about two miles off;
Now Bethany was near Jerusalem, about fifteen stadia away;
Contextual Overview
Bible Verse Review
from Treasury of Scripure Knowledge
fifteen furlongs: that is, about two miles, John 6:19, Luke 24:13, Revelation 14:20, Revelation 21:16
Reciprocal: Matthew 21:17 - Bethany Acts 1:12 - a sabbath
Cross-References
Serug, Reu, Peleg, Eber, Shelah;
Gill's Notes on the Bible
Now Bethany was nigh unto Jerusalem,.... Which was a reason why them were so many of the Jews come there to condole the two sisters upon the death of their brother; and by this means the following miracle became more known there: it was
about fifteen furlongs off; that is, about two miles, for seven furlongs and a half made a Jewish mile, as appears from one of their canons c, which runs thus:
"they do not spread nets for doves, except it be distant from an habitable place, שלשים ריס, "thirty furlongs";''
which the commentators say d are "four miles": and still more expressly it is said e, that
"between Jerusalem and Zuck, (the place where the scape goat was had,) there were ten tents, and ninety furlongs, שבעה ומחצה לכל מיל "seven and a half to every mile".''
Hence a furlong was called one seventh and a half of a mile f, which was 266 cubits, and two thirds of one.
c Misn. Bava Kama, c. 7. sect. 7. d Maimon. Jarchi, & Bartenora in ib. e Misn. Yoma, c. 6. sect. 4. f T. Bab. Bava Metzia, fol. 33. 1. Maimon. Hilch. Rotzeach, c. 13. sect. 6.
Barnes' Notes on the Bible
Nigh unto Jerusalem - This is added to show that it was easy for many of the Jews to come to the place. The news that Jesus was there, and the account of the miracle, would also be easily carried to the Sanhedrin.
Fifteen furlongs - Nearly two miles. It was directly east from Jerusalem. Dr. Thomson (The Land and the Book, vol. ii. p. 599) says of Bethany: “It took half an hour to walk over Olivet to Bethany this morning, and the distance from the city, therefore, must be about two miles. This agrees with what John says: ‘Now Bethany was nigh unto Jerusalem, about fifteen furlongs off.’ The village is small, and appears never to have been large, but it is pleasantly situated near the southeastern base of the mount, and has many fine trees about and above it. We, of course, looked at the remains of those old edifices which may have been built in the age of Constantine, and repaired or changed to a convent in the time of the Crusades. By the dim light of a taper we also descended very cautiously, by 25 slippery steps, to the reputed sepulchre of Lazarus, or El Azariyeh, as both tomb and village are now called. But I have no description of it to give, and no questions about it to ask. It is a wretched cavern, every way unsatisfactory, and almost disgusting.”
Clarke's Notes on the Bible
Verse John 11:18. Fifteen furlongs — About two miles: for the Jewish miles contained about seven furlongs and a half. So Lightfoot, and the margin.
