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Murdock Translation

John 11:14

Then Jesus said to them explicitly; Lazarus is dead.

Bible Study Resources

Concordances:

- Nave's Topical Bible - Friendship;   Jesus, the Christ;   Lazarus;   Miracles;   Thompson Chain Reference - Dead, the;   Lazarus;   Miracles;   Mortality-Immortality;   Resurrection;   Torrey's Topical Textbook - Miracles of Christ, the;  

Dictionaries:

- American Tract Society Bible Dictionary - Bethany;   Lazarus;   Mary;   Bridgeway Bible Dictionary - Jesus christ;   John, gospel of;   Lazarus;   Sleep;   Easton Bible Dictionary - Lazarus;   Martha;   Holman Bible Dictionary - John, the Gospel of;   Sleep;   Hastings' Dictionary of the Bible - Bethany;   Lazarus;   Martha;   Mary;   Hastings' Dictionary of the New Testament - Attributes of Christ;   Boldness;   Death (2);   Dominion (2);   Elijah (2);   Logos;   Martha ;   Mary;   Mental Characteristics;   Morrish Bible Dictionary - Handkerchief;   Lazarus ;   Mary, Sister of Lazarus and Martha;   New Testament;   The Hawker's Poor Man's Concordance And Dictionary - Bethany;   People's Dictionary of the Bible - Lazarus;   Martha;   Smith Bible Dictionary - John, Gospel of;  

Encyclopedias:

- International Standard Bible Encyclopedia - Lazarus;   Martha;   The Jewish Encyclopedia - Jesus of Nazareth;  

Devotionals:

- Every Day Light - Devotion for October 16;  

Parallel Translations

Christian Standard Bible®
So Jesus then told them plainly, “Lazarus has died.
King James Version (1611)
Then saide Iesus vnto them plainly, Lazarus is dead:
King James Version
Then said Jesus unto them plainly, Lazarus is dead.
English Standard Version
Then Jesus told them plainly, "Lazarus has died,
New American Standard Bible
So Jesus then said to them plainly, "Lazarus died,
New Century Version
So then Jesus said plainly, "Lazarus is dead.
Amplified Bible
So then Jesus told them plainly, "Lazarus is dead.
New American Standard Bible (1995)
So Jesus then said to them plainly, "Lazarus is dead,
Legacy Standard Bible
So Jesus then said to them plainly, "Lazarus is dead,
Berean Standard Bible
So Jesus told them plainly, "Lazarus is dead,
Contemporary English Version
Then Jesus told them plainly, "Lazarus is dead!
Complete Jewish Bible
So Yeshua told them in plain language, "El‘azar has died.
Darby Translation
Jesus therefore then said to them plainly, Lazarus has died.
Easy-to-Read Version
So then Jesus said plainly, "Lazarus is dead.
Geneva Bible (1587)
Then saide Iesus vnto them plainely, Lazarus is dead.
George Lamsa Translation
Then Jesus said to them, plainly, Lazarus is dead.
Good News Translation
So Jesus told them plainly, "Lazarus is dead,
Lexham English Bible
So Jesus then said to them plainly, "Lazarus has died,
Literal Translation
Therefore, then Jesus said to them plainly, Lazarus has died.
American Standard Version
Then Jesus therefore said unto them plainly, Lazarus is dead.
Bible in Basic English
Then Jesus said to them clearly, Lazarus is dead.
Hebrew Names Version
So Yeshua said to them plainly then, "El'azar is dead.
International Standard Version
Then Jesus told them plainly, "Lazarus has died.
Etheridge Translation
Then said Jeshu to them explicatively, [fn] Loozar is dead.
Bishop's Bible (1568)
Then sayde Iesus vnto the playnely, Lazarus is dead:
English Revised Version
Then Jesus therefore said unto them plainly, Lazarus is dead.
World English Bible
So Jesus said to them plainly then, "Lazarus is dead.
Wesley's New Testament (1755)
Then said Jesus to them plainly, Lazarus is dead. And I am glad for your sake I was not there, that ye may believe:
Weymouth's New Testament
So then He told them plainly,
Wycliffe Bible (1395)
Thanne therfor Jhesus seide to hem opynli, Lazarus is deed;
Update Bible Version
Then Jesus therefore said to them plainly, Lazarus is dead.
Webster's Bible Translation
Then said Jesus to them plainly, Lazarus is dead.
New English Translation
Then Jesus told them plainly, "Lazarus has died,
New King James Version
Then Jesus said to them plainly, "Lazarus is dead.
New Living Translation
So he told them plainly, "Lazarus is dead.
New Life Bible
Then Jesus said to them, "Lazarus is dead.
New Revised Standard
Then Jesus told them plainly, "Lazarus is dead.
J.B. Rotherham Emphasized Bible
Jesus, therefore, then, said unto them, plainly, - Lazarus, died;
Douay-Rheims Bible
Then therefore Jesus said to them plainly: Lazarus is dead.
Revised Standard Version
Then Jesus told them plainly, "Laz'arus is dead;
Tyndale New Testament (1525)
Then sayde Iesus vnto the playnly Lazarus is deed
Young's Literal Translation
Then, therefore, Jesus said to them freely, `Lazarus hath died;
Miles Coverdale Bible (1535)
The sayde Iesus vnto the planely: Lazarus is deed,
Mace New Testament (1729)
then Jesus told them plainly, Lazarus is dead.
THE MESSAGE
Then Jesus became explicit: "Lazarus died. And I am glad for your sakes that I wasn't there. You're about to be given new grounds for believing. Now let's go to him."
Simplified Cowboy Version
So then he told 'em, "Lazarus has taken the long sleep,

Contextual Overview

1 And a certain man was sick, Lazarus of the town of Bethany, the brother of Mary and Martha. 2 It was that Mary who anointed the feet of Jesus with perfume, and wiped [fn] with her hair, whose brother Lazarus was sick. 3 And his two sisters sent to Jesus, and said: Our Lord, he whom thou lovest is sick. 4 And Jesus said: This sickness is not that of death, but for the glory of God, that the Son of God may be glorified by means of it. 5 Now Jesus loved Martha and Mary, and Lazarus. 6 And when he heard that he was sick, he remained in the place where he was two days. 7 And afterwards he said to his disciples: Come, let us go again into Judaea. 8 His disciples say to him: Our Rabbi, the Jews have just sought to stone thee; and goest thou again thither. 9 Jesus said to them: Are there not twelve hours in the day? And if a man walk in the daytime, he stumbleth not; because he seeth the light of the world. 10 But if one walk in the night, he stumbleth; because there is no light in him.

Bible Verse Review
  from Treasury of Scripure Knowledge

plainly: John 10:24, John 16:25, John 16:29

Reciprocal: 1 Kings 17:17 - the son of the woman 2 Kings 4:20 - and then died

Gill's Notes on the Bible

Then said Jesus unto them plainly,.... Without a figure, when he perceived they did not understand him, and yet it was a very easy and usual metaphor which he had made use of; but such was the present stupidity of their minds, that they did not take in his meaning: wherefore, without reproaching them with it, he said to them in so many words,

Lazarus is dead. The Persic version reads, "Lazarus is dead indeed", as he really was.


 
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