John 11:18
Now Bethany was nigh unto Jerusalem, about fifteen furlongs off:
John 11:18 in other translations
| BSB | Now Bethany was near Jerusalem, a little less than two miles away, |
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| WEB | Now Bethany was near Jerusalem, about fifteen stadia away. |
| ASV | Now Bethany was nigh unto Jerusalem, about fifteen furlongs off; |
| YLT | And Bethany was nigh to Jerusalem, about fifteen furlongs off, |
| DARBY | Now Bethany was near Jerusalem, about fifteen stadia off, |
| BBE | Now Bethany was near to Jerusalem, about two miles away; |
| Webster | (Now Bethany was nigh to Jerusalem, about fifteen furlongs distant.) |
What does John 11:18 mean?
Jamieson-Fausset-Brown on John 11:17-19
17-19. when Jesus came, he found that he had lain in the grave four days--If he died on the day the tidings came of his illness--and was, according to the Jewish custom, buried the same day (see Jahn's Archæology, and Joh 11:39; Ac 5:5, 6, 10)--and if Jesus, after two days' further stay in Perea, set out on the day following for Bethany, some ten hours' journey, that would make out the four days; the first and last…
Barnes' Notes
Fifteen furlongs. Nearly two miles. It was directly east from Jerusalem. Dr. Thompson (The Land and the Book, vol. 2. p. 599) says of Bethany:
"It took half an hour to walk over Olivet to Bethany
this morning, and the distance from the city,
therefore, must be about two miles. This agrees with
what John says: 'Now Bethany was nigh unto Jerusalem,
about fifteen furlongs off.' The village is small,
and appears never to have been large, but it is
pleasantly situated near the south-eastern base of
the mount, and has many fine trees about and above it.
We, of course, looked at the remains of those old
edifices which may have been built in the age of
Constantine, and repaired or changed to a convent
in the time of the Crusades. By the dim light of a
taper we also descended very cautiously, by
twenty-five slippery steps, to the reputed sepulchre
of Lazarus, or El Azariyeh, as both tomb and village
are now called. But I have no description of it to
give, and no questions about it to ask. It is a
wretched cavern, every way unsatisfactory, and
almost disgusting."
(1) "about fifteen furlongs" or "about two miles"
Albert Barnes, 1834 · public domain
Adam Clarke's Commentary
Adam Clarke, 1831 · public domain
Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on John 11:17-32
Here was a house where the fear of God was, and on which his blessing rested; yet it was made a house of mourning. Grace will keep sorrow from the heart, but not from the house. When God, by his grace and providence, is coming towards us in ways of mercy and comfort, we should, like Martha, go forth by faith, hope, and prayer, to meet him. When Martha went to meet Jesus, Mary sat still in the house; this temper…
John 11:18 in the original Greek
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Cross references for John 11:18
- Luke 24:13
And, behold, two of them went that same day to a village called Emmaus, which was from Jerusalem about threescore furlongs.
- Revelation 14:20
And the winepress was trodden without the city, and blood came out of the winepress, even unto the horse bridles, by the space of a thousand and six hundred furlongs.
- John 11:1
Now a certain man was sick, named Lazarus, of Bethany, the town of Mary and her sister Martha.
- Revelation 21:16
And the city lieth foursquare, and the length is as large as the breadth: and he measured the city with the reed, twelve thousand furlongs. The length and the breadth and the height of it are equal.
- John 6:19
So when they had rowed about five and twenty or thirty furlongs, they see Jesus walking on the sea, and drawing nigh unto the ship: and they were afraid.
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Context
- John 11:17
Then when Jesus came, he found that he had lain in the grave four days already.
- John 11:18
Now Bethany was nigh unto Jerusalem, about fifteen furlongs off:
- John 11:19
And many of the Jews came to Martha and Mary, to comfort them concerning their brother.
John 11:18 in other languages
| Spanish Reina-Valera 1909 | Y Bethania estaba cerca de Jerusalem, como quince estadios; |
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| French Bible J.N. Darby 1885 | Or Béthanie était près de Jérusalem, à une distance d’environ 15 stades. |
| German Elberfelder 1871 | Bethanien aber war nahe bei Jerusalem, etwa fünfzehn Stadien weit; |
| Latin Clementine Vulgate | (Erat autem Bethania juxta Jerosolymam quasi stadiis quindecim.) |