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Young's Literal Translation

John 11:6

when, therefore, he heard that he is ailing, then indeed he remained in the place in which he was two days,

Bible Study Resources

Concordances:

- Nave's Topical Bible - Friendship;   Jesus, the Christ;   Lazarus;   Miracles;   Thompson Chain Reference - Dead, the;   Delayed Blessings;   Delays, Divine;   Divine;   Faith;   Faith-Unbelief;   Hindrances;   Miracles;   Mortality-Immortality;   Prayer;   Resurrection;   Tests, Spiritual;  

Dictionaries:

- American Tract Society Bible Dictionary - Bethany;   Lazarus;   Mary;   Bridgeway Bible Dictionary - John, gospel of;   Lazarus;   Martha;   Easton Bible Dictionary - Lazarus;   Martha;   Holman Bible Dictionary - John, the Gospel of;   Hastings' Dictionary of the Bible - Bethany;   Lazarus;   Martha;   Mary;   Hastings' Dictionary of the New Testament - Dominion (2);   Hearing;   Martha ;   Mary;   Mental Characteristics;   Prudence;   Reserve;   Morrish Bible Dictionary - 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 - Bethabara;   Martha;   The Jewish Encyclopedia - Jesus of Nazareth;  

Devotionals:

- Daily Light on the Daily Path - Devotion for March 30;   Every Day Light - Devotion for October 16;   My Utmost for His Highest - Devotion for October 11;  

Parallel Translations

Christian Standard Bible®
So when he heard that he was sick, he stayed two more days in the place where he was.
King James Version (1611)
When he had heard therefore that he was sicke, he abode two dayes still in the same place where he was.
King James Version
When he had heard therefore that he was sick, he abode two days still in the same place where he was.
English Standard Version
So, when he heard that Lazarus was ill, he stayed two days longer in the place where he was.
New American Standard Bible
So when He heard that he was sick, He then stayed two days longer in the place where He was.
New Century Version
But when he heard that Lazarus was sick, he stayed where he was for two more days.
Amplified Bible
So [even] when He heard that Lazarus was sick, He stayed in the same place two more days.
New American Standard Bible (1995)
So when He heard that he was sick, He then stayed two days longer in the place where He was.
Legacy Standard Bible
So when He heard that he was sick, He then stayed two days in the place where He was.
Berean Standard Bible
So on hearing that Lazarus was sick, He stayed where He was for two days,
Contemporary English Version
But he stayed where he was for two more days.
Complete Jewish Bible
so when he heard he was sick, first he stayed where he was two more days;
Darby Translation
When therefore he heard, He is sick, he remained two days then in the place where he was.
Easy-to-Read Version
So when he heard that Lazarus was sick, he stayed where he was two more days
Geneva Bible (1587)
And after he had heard that he was sicke, yet abode hee two dayes still in the same place where he was.
George Lamsa Translation
When he heard he was sick, he remained two days in the place where he was.
Good News Translation
Yet when he received the news that Lazarus was sick, he stayed where he was for two more days.
Lexham English Bible
So when he heard that he was sick, then he remained in the place where he was two days.
Literal Translation
Therefore, when He heard that he is sick, then, indeed, He remained in the place where He was two days.
American Standard Version
When therefore he heard that he was sick, he abode at that time two days in the place where he was.
Bible in Basic English
So when the news came to him that Lazarus was ill, he did not go from the place where he was for two days.
Hebrew Names Version
When therefore he heard that he was sick, he stayed at that time two days in the place where he was.
International Standard Version
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Etheridge Translation
And when he heard that he was sick, he remained in the place where he was two days.
Murdock Translation
And when he heard that he was sick, he remained in the place where he was two days.
Bishop's Bible (1568)
When he had hearde therfore that he was sicke, he abode two dayes styll in the same place where he was.
English Revised Version
When therefore he heard that he was sick, he abode at that time two days in the place where he was.
World English Bible
When therefore he heard that he was sick, he stayed at that time two days in the place where he was.
Wesley's New Testament (1755)
he abode still two days in the place where he was.
Weymouth's New Testament
When, however, He heard that Lazarus was ill, He still remained two days in that same place.
Wycliffe Bible (1395)
Therfor whanne Jhesus herde, that he was sijk, thanne he dwellide in the same place twei daies.
Update Bible Version
When therefore he heard that he was sick, he abode at that time two days in the place where he was.
Webster's Bible Translation
When therefore he had heard that he was sick, he abode two days still in the same place where he was.
New English Translation
So when he heard that Lazarus was sick, he remained in the place where he was for two more days.
New King James Version
So, when He heard that he was sick, He stayed two more days in the place where He was.
New Living Translation
he stayed where he was for the next two days.
New Life Bible
But when He heard that Lazarus was sick, He stayed where He was two more days.
New Revised Standard
after having heard that Lazarus was ill, he stayed two days longer in the place where he was.
J.B. Rotherham Emphasized Bible
When, therefore, he heard that he was sick, then, indeed, he abode in the place where he was, two days.
Douay-Rheims Bible
When he had heard therefore that he was sick, he still remained in the same place two days.
Revised Standard Version
So when he heard that he was ill, he stayed two days longer in the place where he was.
Tyndale New Testament (1525)
After he hearde that he was sicke then aboode he two dayes still in the same place where he was.
Miles Coverdale Bible (1535)
Now wha he herde that he was sicke, he abode two dayes in ye place where he was.
Mace New Testament (1729)
however, he stay'd in the place where he was, even two days after he had heard that Lazarus was sick.
Simplified Cowboy Version
So when he heard the news, he stayed put for two days before he left.

Contextual Overview

1 And there was a certain one ailing, Lazarus, from Bethany, of the village of Mary and Martha her sister -- 2 and it was Mary who did anoint the Lord with ointment, and did wipe his feet with her hair, whose brother Lazarus was ailing -- 3 therefore sent the sisters unto him, saying, `Sir, lo, he whom thou dost love is ailing;' 4 and Jesus having heard, said, `This ailment is not unto death, but for the glory of God, that the Son of God may be glorified through it.' 5 And Jesus was loving Martha, and her sister, and Lazarus, 6 when, therefore, he heard that he is ailing, then indeed he remained in the place in which he was two days, 7 then after this, he saith to the disciples, `We may go to Judea again;' 8 the disciples say to him, `Rabbi, now were the Jews seeking to stone thee, and again thou dost go thither!' 9 Jesus answered, `Are there not twelve hours in the day? if any one may walk in the day, he doth not stumble, because the light of this world he doth see; 10 and if any one may walk in the night, he stumbleth, because the light is not in him.'

Bible Verse Review
  from Treasury of Scripure Knowledge

he abode: Genesis 22:14, Genesis 42:24, Genesis 43:29-31, Genesis 44:1-5, Genesis 45:1-5, Isaiah 30:18, Isaiah 55:8, Isaiah 55:9, Matthew 15:22-28

Reciprocal: Matthew 8:24 - but John 7:8 - I go not John 11:1 - was sick

Cross-References

Genesis 3:22
And Jehovah God saith, `Lo, the man was as one of Us, as to the knowledge of good and evil; and now, lest he send forth his hand, and have taken also of the tree of life, and eaten, and lived to the age,' --
Genesis 6:5
And Jehovah seeth that abundant [is] the wickedness of man in the earth, and every imagination of the thoughts of his heart only evil all the day;
Genesis 8:21
and Jehovah smelleth the sweet fragrance, and Jehovah saith unto His heart, `I continue not to disesteem any more the ground because of man, though the imagination of the heart of man [is] evil from his youth; and I continue not to smite any more all living, as I have done;
Genesis 9:19
These three [are] sons of Noah, and from these hath all the earth been overspread.
Genesis 11:1
And the whole earth is of one pronunciation, and of the same words,
Genesis 11:4
And they say, `Give help, let us build for ourselves a city and tower, and its head in the heavens, and make for ourselves a name, lest we be scattered over the face of all the earth.'
Judges 10:14
Go and cry unto the gods on which ye have fixed; they -- they save you in the time of your adversity.'
1 Kings 18:27
And it cometh to pass, at noon, that Elijah playeth on them, and saith, `Call with a loud voice, for he [is] a god, for he is meditating, or pursuing, or on a journey; it may be he is asleep, an doth awake.'
Ecclesiastes 11:9
Rejoice, O young man, in thy childhood, And let thy heart gladden thee in days of thy youth, And walk in the ways of thy heart, And in the sight of thine eyes, And know thou that for all these, Doth God bring thee into judgment.
Luke 1:51
He did powerfully with His arm, He scattered abroad the proud in the thought of their heart,

Gill's Notes on the Bible

When he had heard therefore that he was sick,.... Though Christ had heard that Lazarus was sick, and by such good hands, a message being sent him by his sisters, to acquaint him with it; and though he had such a very great love for him, and the whole family, yet he did not go directly to him, and to his assistance:

but he abode two days still in the same place where he was; at Bethabara, beyond Jordan; this he did to try the faith and patience of the sisters of Lazarus, and that the miracle of raising him from the dead might be the more manifest, and his own glory might be the more illustrious, and yet equal, if not greater tenderness and love be shown to his friends.

Barnes' Notes on the Bible

He abode two days - Probably Lazarus died soon after the messengers left him. Jesus knew that (John 11:11), and did not hasten to Judea, but remained two days longer where he was, that there might not be the possibility of doubt that he was dead, so that when he came there he had been dead four days, John 11:39. This shows, moreover, that he intended to raise him up. If he had not, it could hardly be reconciled with friendship thus to remain, without any reason, away from an afflicted family.

Where he was - At Bethabara John 1:28; John 10:40, about 30 miles from Bethany. This was about a day’s journey, and it renders it probable that Lazarus died soon after the message was sent. One day would be occupied before the message came to him; two days he remained; one day would be occupied by him in going to Bethany; so that Lazarus had been dead four days John 11:39 when he arrived.


 
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