Then six days before the Passover, Jesus came to Bethany, where Lazarus was, who had been dead, whom he raised from the dead.
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- KJV Then Jesus six days before the passover came to Bethany, where Lazarus was, which had been dead, whom he raised from the dead.
- BSB Six days before the Passover, Jesus came to Bethany, the hometown of Lazarus, whom He had raised from the dead.
- ESV Six days before the Passover, Jesus therefore came to Bethany, where Lazarus was, whom Jesus had raised from the dead.
- NKJV Then, six days before the Passover, Jesus came to Bethany, where Lazarus was who had been dead, whom He had raised from the dead.
- NASB Therefore, six days before the Passover, Jesus came to Bethany where Lazarus was, whom Jesus had raised from the dead.
- NLT Six days before the Passover celebration began, Jesus arrived in Bethany, the home of Lazarus—the man he had raised from the dead.
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- Mark 14:3–8While he was at Bethany, in the house of Simon the leper, as he sat at the table, a woman came having an alabaster jar of ointment of pure nard — very costly. She broke the jar, and poured it over his head.
- John 11:1Now a certain man was sick, Lazarus from Bethany, of the village of Mary and her sister, Martha.
- Luke 24:50He led them out as far as Bethany, and he lifted up his hands, and blessed them.
- John 11:55Now the Passover of the Jews was at hand. Many went up from the country to Jerusalem before the Passover, to purify themselves.
- Matt 21:17He left them, and went out of the city to Bethany, and camped there.
- John 12:20Now there were certain Greeks among those that went up to worship at the feast.
- Matt 26:6–11Now when Jesus was in Bethany, in the house of Simon the leper,
- John 11:44He 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.”
- Mark 11:11Jesus entered into the temple in Jerusalem. When he had looked around at everything, it being now evening, he went out to Bethany with the twelve.
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