Juan 11:18

Filipino Cebuano Bible

18 Ug ang Betania duol sa Jerusalem, mga tulo ka kilometro gikan niini,

Bible Verse Review
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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

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.