John 11:18

The NET Bible®

(Now Bethany was less than two miles from Jerusalem,

Parallel Translations

Christian Standard Bible®
Bethany was near Jerusalem (less than two miles away).

King James Version (1611)
(Now Bethanie was nigh vnto Hierusalem, about fifteene furlongs off:)

King James Version
Now Bethany was nigh unto Jerusalem, about fifteen furlongs off:

English Standard Version
Bethany was near Jerusalem, about two miles off,

New American Standard Bible
Now Bethany was near Jerusalem, about fifteen stadia away;

New Century Version
Bethany was about two miles from Jerusalem.

Amplified Bible
Bethany was near Jerusalem, about two miles away;

New American Standard Bible (1995)
Now Bethany was near Jerusalem, about two miles off;

Legacy Standard Bible
Now Bethany was near Jerusalem, about fifteen stadia away;

Berean Standard Bible
Now Bethany was near Jerusalem, a little less than two miles away,

Contemporary English Version
Bethany was only about two miles from Jerusalem,

Complete Jewish Bible
Now Beit-Anyah was about two miles from Yerushalayim,

Darby Translation
Now Bethany was near Jerusalem, about fifteen stadia off,

Easy-to-Read Version
Bethany was about two miles from Jerusalem.

Geneva Bible (1587)
(Nowe Bethania was neere vnto Hierusalem, about fifteene furlongs off.)

George Lamsa Translation
Now Bethany was towards Jerusalem, a distance of about two miles.

Good News Translation
Bethany was less than two miles from Jerusalem,

Lexham English Bible
(Now Bethany was near Jerusalem, about fifteen stadia.

Literal Translation
And Bethany was near Jerusalem, about fifteen stadia off.

American Standard Version
Now Bethany was nigh unto Jerusalem, about fifteen furlongs off;

Bible in Basic English
Now Bethany was near to Jerusalem, about two miles away;

Hebrew Names Version
Now Beit-Anyah was near Yerushalayim, about fifteen stadia away.

International Standard Version
Now Bethany was near Jerusalem, about two milesfifteen stadia">[fn] away,

Etheridge Translation
Now Bethania was nigh to Urishlem, being a distance from it of about fifteen stadia.

Murdock Translation
Now Bethany was near to Jerusalem, distant from it about fifteen furlongs.

Bishop's Bible (1568)
(Bethanie was nye vnto Hierusalem, about fifteene furlonges of.)

English Revised Version
Now Bethany was nigh unto Jerusalem, about fifteen furlongs off;

World English Bible
Now Bethany was near Jerusalem, about fifteen stadia away.

Wesley's New Testament (1755)
(Now Bethany was near Jerusalem, about fifteen furlongs off.)

Weymouth's New Testament
Bethany was near Jerusalem, the distance being a little less than two miles;

Wycliffe Bible (1395)
And Bethany was bisidis Jerusalem, as it were fiftene furlongis.

Update Bible Version
Now Bethany was near to Jerusalem, about two miles away;

Webster's Bible Translation
(Now Bethany was nigh to Jerusalem, about fifteen furlongs distant.)

New King James Version
Now Bethany was near Jerusalem, about two miles [fn] away.

New Living Translation
Bethany was only a few miles down the road from Jerusalem,

New Life Bible
Bethany was about one-half hour walk from Jerusalem.

New Revised Standard
Now Bethany was near Jerusalem, some two miles away,

J.B. Rotherham Emphasized Bible
Now Bethany was near Jerusalem, about fifteen furlongs off;

Douay-Rheims Bible
(Now Bethania was near Jerusalem, about fifteen furlongs off.)

Revised Standard Version
Bethany was near Jerusalem, about two miles off,

Tyndale New Testament (1525)
Bethanie was nye vnto Ierusalem aboute. xv. furlonges of

Young's Literal Translation
And Bethany was nigh to Jerusalem, about fifteen furlongs off,

Miles Coverdale Bible (1535)
Bethanye was nye vnto Ierusale, aboute fiftene furloges.

Mace New Testament (1729)
now Bethany being distant from Jerusalem but about fifteen furlongs,

Simplified Cowboy Version
Now Bethany was just a couple of miles outside of Jerusalem,

Contextual Overview

¹⁷ When Jesus arrived, he found that Lazarus had been in the tomb four days already. ¹⁸ (Now Bethany was less than two miles from Jerusalem, ¹⁹ so many of the Jewish people of the region had come to Martha and Mary to console them over the loss of their brother.) ²⁰ So when Martha heard that Jesus was coming, she went out to meet him, but Mary was sitting in the house. ²¹ Martha said to Jesus, "Lord, if you had been here, my brother would not have died. ²² But even now I know that whatever you ask from God, God will grant you." ²³ Jesus replied, "Your brother will come back to life again." ²⁴ Martha said, "I know that he will come back to life again in the resurrection at the last day." ²⁵ Jesus said to her, "I am the resurrection and the life. The one who believes in me will live even if he dies, ²⁶ and the one who lives and believes in me will never die. Do you believe this?"

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

Luke 3:35
the son of Serug, the son of Reu, the son of Peleg, the son of Eber, the son of 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.