Six days before the Passover, Jesus came to Bethany, the hometown of Lazarus, whom He had raised from the dead.
Parallel translations
- WEB Then six days before the Passover, Jesus came to Bethany, where Lazarus was, who had been dead, whom he raised from the dead.
- KJV Then Jesus six days before the passover came to Bethany, where Lazarus was, which had been dead, whom he 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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Six days before Passover, Jesus returns to Bethany, home of the raised Lazarus. The setting recalls his power over death as his own death nears.
Overview
John marks the time and place precisely as the passion approaches. Returning to Bethany, where he raised Lazarus, links Jesus' life-giving power with the death he is about to undergo. The mention of Lazarus sets the stage for the devotion and opposition that follow.
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Cross-references · 9
- Mark 14:3–8While Jesus was in Bethany reclining at the table in the home of Simon the Leper, a woman came with an alabaster jar of expensive perfume, made of pure nard. She broke open the jar and poured it on Jesus’ head.
- John 11:1At this time a man named Lazarus was sick. He lived in Bethany, the village of Mary and her sister Martha.
- Luke 24:50When Jesus had led them out as far as Bethany, He lifted up His hands and blessed them.
- John 11:55Now the Jewish Passover was near, and many people went up from the country to Jerusalem to purify themselves before the Passover.
- Matt 21:17Then He left them and went out of the city to Bethany, where He spent the night.
- John 12:20Now there were some Greeks among those who went up to worship at the feast.
- Matt 26:6–11While Jesus was in Bethany in the home of Simon the Leper,
- John 11:44The man who had been dead came out with his hands and feet bound in strips of linen, and his face wrapped in a cloth. “Unwrap him and let him go,” Jesus told them.
- Mark 11:11Then Jesus entered Jerusalem and went into the temple courts. He looked around at everything, but since it was already late, He went out to Bethany with the Twelve.
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