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John 11:14

Then Jesus said to them, "Lazarus is dead.

Bible Study Resources

Concordances:

- Nave's Topical Bible - Friendship;   Jesus, the Christ;   Lazarus;   Miracles;   Thompson Chain Reference - Dead, the;   Lazarus;   Miracles;   Mortality-Immortality;   Resurrection;   Torrey's Topical Textbook - Miracles of Christ, the;  

Dictionaries:

- American Tract Society Bible Dictionary - Bethany;   Lazarus;   Mary;   Bridgeway Bible Dictionary - Jesus christ;   John, gospel of;   Lazarus;   Sleep;   Easton Bible Dictionary - Lazarus;   Martha;   Holman Bible Dictionary - John, the Gospel of;   Sleep;   Hastings' Dictionary of the Bible - Bethany;   Lazarus;   Martha;   Mary;   Hastings' Dictionary of the New Testament - Attributes of Christ;   Boldness;   Death (2);   Dominion (2);   Elijah (2);   Logos;   Martha ;   Mary;   Mental Characteristics;   Morrish Bible Dictionary - Handkerchief;   Lazarus ;   Mary, Sister of Lazarus and Martha;   New Testament;   The Hawker's Poor Man's Concordance And Dictionary - Bethany;   People's Dictionary of the Bible - Lazarus;   Martha;   Smith Bible Dictionary - John, Gospel of;  

Encyclopedias:

- International Standard Bible Encyclopedia - Lazarus;   Martha;   The Jewish Encyclopedia - Jesus of Nazareth;  

Devotionals:

- Every Day Light - Devotion for October 16;  

Parallel Translations

Christian Standard Bible®
So Jesus then told them plainly, “Lazarus has died.
King James Version (1611)
Then saide Iesus vnto them plainly, Lazarus is dead:
King James Version
Then said Jesus unto them plainly, Lazarus is dead.
English Standard Version
Then Jesus told them plainly, "Lazarus has died,
New American Standard Bible
So Jesus then said to them plainly, "Lazarus died,
New Century Version
So then Jesus said plainly, "Lazarus is dead.
Amplified Bible
So then Jesus told them plainly, "Lazarus is dead.
New American Standard Bible (1995)
So Jesus then said to them plainly, "Lazarus is dead,
Legacy Standard Bible
So Jesus then said to them plainly, "Lazarus is dead,
Berean Standard Bible
So Jesus told them plainly, "Lazarus is dead,
Contemporary English Version
Then Jesus told them plainly, "Lazarus is dead!
Complete Jewish Bible
So Yeshua told them in plain language, "El‘azar has died.
Darby Translation
Jesus therefore then said to them plainly, Lazarus has died.
Easy-to-Read Version
So then Jesus said plainly, "Lazarus is dead.
Geneva Bible (1587)
Then saide Iesus vnto them plainely, Lazarus is dead.
George Lamsa Translation
Then Jesus said to them, plainly, Lazarus is dead.
Good News Translation
So Jesus told them plainly, "Lazarus is dead,
Lexham English Bible
So Jesus then said to them plainly, "Lazarus has died,
Literal Translation
Therefore, then Jesus said to them plainly, Lazarus has died.
American Standard Version
Then Jesus therefore said unto them plainly, Lazarus is dead.
Bible in Basic English
Then Jesus said to them clearly, Lazarus is dead.
Hebrew Names Version
So Yeshua said to them plainly then, "El'azar is dead.
International Standard Version
Then Jesus told them plainly, "Lazarus has died.
Etheridge Translation
Then said Jeshu to them explicatively, [fn] Loozar is dead.
Murdock Translation
Then Jesus said to them explicitly; Lazarus is dead.
Bishop's Bible (1568)
Then sayde Iesus vnto the playnely, Lazarus is dead:
English Revised Version
Then Jesus therefore said unto them plainly, Lazarus is dead.
World English Bible
So Jesus said to them plainly then, "Lazarus is dead.
Wesley's New Testament (1755)
Then said Jesus to them plainly, Lazarus is dead. And I am glad for your sake I was not there, that ye may believe:
Weymouth's New Testament
So then He told them plainly,
Wycliffe Bible (1395)
Thanne therfor Jhesus seide to hem opynli, Lazarus is deed;
Update Bible Version
Then Jesus therefore said to them plainly, Lazarus is dead.
Webster's Bible Translation
Then said Jesus to them plainly, Lazarus is dead.
New English Translation
Then Jesus told them plainly, "Lazarus has died,
New King James Version
Then Jesus said to them plainly, "Lazarus is dead.
New Living Translation
So he told them plainly, "Lazarus is dead.
New Revised Standard
Then Jesus told them plainly, "Lazarus is dead.
J.B. Rotherham Emphasized Bible
Jesus, therefore, then, said unto them, plainly, - Lazarus, died;
Douay-Rheims Bible
Then therefore Jesus said to them plainly: Lazarus is dead.
Revised Standard Version
Then Jesus told them plainly, "Laz'arus is dead;
Tyndale New Testament (1525)
Then sayde Iesus vnto the playnly Lazarus is deed
Young's Literal Translation
Then, therefore, Jesus said to them freely, `Lazarus hath died;
Miles Coverdale Bible (1535)
The sayde Iesus vnto the planely: Lazarus is deed,
Mace New Testament (1729)
then Jesus told them plainly, Lazarus is dead.
THE MESSAGE
Then Jesus became explicit: "Lazarus died. And I am glad for your sakes that I wasn't there. You're about to be given new grounds for believing. Now let's go to him."
Simplified Cowboy Version
So then he told 'em, "Lazarus has taken the long sleep,

Contextual Overview

1 A man named Lazarus was sick. He lived in the town of Bethany with his sisters, Mary and Martha. 2 This was the Mary who put perfume on the Lord and dried His feet with her hair. It was her brother Lazarus who was sick. 3 The sisters sent word to Jesus, saying, "Lord, your friend is sick!" 4 When Jesus heard this, He said, "This sickness will not end in death. It has happened so that it will bring honor to God. And the Son of God will be honored by it also." 5 Jesus loved Martha and her sister and Lazarus. 6 But when He heard that Lazarus was sick, He stayed where He was two more days. 7 Then He said to His followers, "Let us go into the country of Judea again." 8 The followers said to Him, "Teacher, the Jews tried to throw stones at You to kill You not long ago. Are You going there again?" 9 Jesus said, "Are there not twelve hours in the day? If a man walks during the day, he will not fall. He sees the light of this world. 10 If a man walks during the night, he will fall. The light is not in him."

Bible Verse Review
  from Treasury of Scripure Knowledge

plainly: John 10:24, John 16:25, John 16:29

Reciprocal: 1 Kings 17:17 - the son of the woman 2 Kings 4:20 - and then died

Gill's Notes on the Bible

Then said Jesus unto them plainly,.... Without a figure, when he perceived they did not understand him, and yet it was a very easy and usual metaphor which he had made use of; but such was the present stupidity of their minds, that they did not take in his meaning: wherefore, without reproaching them with it, he said to them in so many words,

Lazarus is dead. The Persic version reads, "Lazarus is dead indeed", as he really was.


 
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