NEW TESTAMENT · VERSE 18

John 11:18

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Now Bethany was near Jerusalem, about fifteen stadia away.

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John 11:15–21

15

I am glad for your sakes that I was not there, so that you may believe. Nevertheless, let’s go to him.”

16

Thomas therefore, who is called Didymus, said to his fellow disciples, “Let’s also go, that we may die with him.”

17

So when Jesus came, he found that he had been in the tomb four days already.

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Now Bethany was near Jerusalem, about fifteen stadia away.

19

Many of the Jews had joined the women around Martha and Mary, to console them concerning their brother.

20

Then when Martha heard that Jesus was coming, she went and met him, but Mary stayed in the house.

21

Therefore Martha said to Jesus, “Lord, if you would have been here, my brother wouldn’t have died.

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  1. 15 stadia is about 2.8 kilometers or 1.7 miles

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