Now when He had said these things, He cried with a loud voice, “Lazarus, come forth!”
Parallel translations
- WEB When he had said this, he cried with a loud voice, “Lazarus, come out!”
- KJV And when he thus had spoken, he cried with a loud voice, Lazarus, come forth.
- BSB After Jesus had said this, He called out in a loud voice, “Lazarus, come out!”
- NASB And when He had said these things, He cried out with a loud voice, “Lazarus, come out!”
- NLT Then Jesus shouted, “Lazarus, come out!”
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Quick answer
Jesus calls out with a loud voice, 'Lazarus, come out!' His word commands the dead to live.
Overview
With a single authoritative command, Jesus summons Lazarus from death, displaying the power of his life-giving word. The loud voice ensures all witness the source of the miracle. This anticipates the day when, at his voice, all the dead will rise, as Jesus elsewhere promises in John.
Cross-references & the web
Cross-references · 8
- 2 Kgs 4:33–36He went in therefore, and shut the door on them both, and prayed to Yahweh.
- Acts 9:40Peter sent them all out, and knelt down and prayed. Turning to the body, he said, “Tabitha, get up!” She opened her eyes, and when she saw Peter, she sat up.
- Acts 9:34Peter said to him, “Aeneas, Jesus Christ heals you. Get up and make your bed!” Immediately he arose.
- Luke 7:14–15He came near and touched the coffin, and the bearers stood still. He said, “Young man, I tell you, arise!”
- Acts 3:6But Peter said, “I have no silver or gold, but what I have, that I give you. In the name of Jesus Christ of Nazareth, get up and walk!”
- 1 Kgs 17:21–22He stretched himself on the child three times, and cried to Yahweh, and said, “Yahweh my God, please let this child’s soul come into him again.”
- Acts 3:12When Peter saw it, he responded to the people, “You men of Israel, why do you marvel at this man? Why do you fasten your eyes on us, as though by our own power or godliness we had made him walk?
- Mark 4:41They were greatly afraid, and said to one another, “Who then is this, that even the wind and the sea obey him?”
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