So they took away the stone from the place where the dead man was lying.† Jesus lifted up his eyes and said, “Father, I thank you that you listened to me.
THE SURROUNDING PASSAGE
John 11:41 in context
John 11:38–44
38
Jesus therefore, again groaning in himself, came to the tomb. Now it was a cave, and a stone lay against it.
39
Jesus said, “Take away the stone.”
Martha, the sister of him who was dead, said to him, “Lord, by this time there is a stench, for he has been dead four days.”
40
Jesus said to her, “Didn’t I tell you that if you believed, you would see God’s glory?”
41
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So they took away the stone from the place where the dead man was lying.† Jesus lifted up his eyes and said, “Father, I thank you that you listened to me.
42
I know that you always listen to me, but because of the multitude standing around I said this, that they may believe that you sent me.”
43
When he had said this, he cried with a loud voice, “Lazarus, come out!”
44
He who was dead came out, bound hand and foot with wrappings, and his face was wrapped around with a cloth.
Jesus said to them, “Free him, and let him go.”
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Notes from World English Bible Updated
- NU omits “from the place where the dead man was lying.”
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