John 11:38
Jesus therefore again groaning in himself cometh to the grave. It was a cave, and a stone lay upon it.
John 11:38 in other translations
| BSB | Jesus, once again deeply moved, came to the tomb. It was a cave with a stone laid across the entrance. |
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| WEB | Jesus therefore, again groaning in himself, came to the tomb. Now it was a cave, and a stone lay against it. |
| ASV | Jesus therefore again groaning in himself cometh to the tomb. Now it was a cave, and a stone lay against it. |
| YLT | Jesus, therefore, again groaning in himself, cometh to the tomb, and it was a cave, and a stone was lying upon it, |
| DARBY | Jesus therefore, again deeply moved in himself, comes to the tomb. Now it was a cave, and a stone lay upon it. |
| BBE | So Jesus, deeply troubled in heart, came to the place of the dead. It was a hole in the rock, and a stone was over the opening. |
| Webster | Jesus therefore again groaning in himself, cometh to the grave. It was a cave, and a stone lay upon it. |
What does John 11:38 mean?
Jamieson-Fausset-Brown on John 11:33-38
33-38. When Jesus ... saw her weeping, and the Jews ... weeping ... he groaned in the spirit--the tears of Mary and her friends acting sympathetically upon Jesus, and drawing forth His emotions. What a vivid and beautiful outcoming of His "real" humanity! The word here rendered "groaned" does not mean "sighed" or "grieved," but rather "powerfully checked his emotion"--made a visible effort to restrain those tears…
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Adam Clarke's Commentary
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Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on John 11:33-46
Christ's tender sympathy with these afflicted friends, appeared by the troubles of his spirit. In all the afflictions of believers he is afflicted. His concern for them was shown by his kind inquiry after the remains of his deceased friend. Being found in fashion as a man, he acts in the way and manner of the sons of men. It was shown by his tears. He was a man of sorrows, and acquainted with grief. Tears of…
John 11:38 in the original Greek
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Cross references for John 11:38
- John 11:33
When Jesus therefore saw her weeping, and the Jews also weeping which came with her, he groaned in the spirit, and was troubled,
- Matthew 27:60
And laid it in his own new tomb, which he had hewn out in the rock: and he rolled a great stone to the door of the sepulchre, and departed.
- Luke 24:2
And they found the stone rolled away from the sepulchre.
- Genesis 23:19
And after this, Abraham buried Sarah his wife in the cave of the field of Machpelah before Mamre: the same is Hebron in the land of Canaan.
- Isaiah 22:16
What hast thou here? and whom hast thou here, that thou hast hewed thee out a sepulchre here, as he that heweth him out a sepulchre on high, and that graveth an habitation for himself in a rock?
- John 20:1
The first day of the week cometh Mary Magdalene early, when it was yet dark, unto the sepulchre, and seeth the stone taken away from the sepulchre.
- Mark 8:12
And he sighed deeply in his spirit, and saith, Why doth this generation seek after a sign? verily I say unto you, There shall no sign be given unto this generation.
- Mark 15:46
And he bought fine linen, and took him down, and wrapped him in the linen, and laid him in a sepulchre which was hewn out of a rock, and rolled a stone unto the door of the sepulchre.
- Genesis 49:29-31
And he charged them, and said unto them, I am to be gathered unto my people: bury me with my fathers in the cave that is in the field of Ephron the Hittite, In the cave that is in the field of Machpelah, which is before Mamre, in the land of Canaan, which Abraham bought with the field of Ephron the Hittite for a possession of a buryingplace. There they buried Abraham and Sarah his wife; there they buried Isaac and Rebekah his wife; and there I buried Leah.
- Ezekiel 21:6
Sigh therefore, thou son of man, with the breaking of thy loins; and with bitterness sigh before their eyes.
- Matthew 27:66
So they went, and made the sepulchre sure, sealing the stone, and setting a watch.
- Ezekiel 9:4
And the Lord said unto him, Go through the midst of the city, through the midst of Jerusalem, and set a mark upon the foreheads of the men that sigh and that cry for all the abominations that be done in the midst thereof.
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Context
- John 11:37
And some of them said, Could not this man, which opened the eyes of the blind, have caused that even this man should not have died?
- John 11:38
Jesus therefore again groaning in himself cometh to the grave. It was a cave, and a stone lay upon it.
- John 11:39
Jesus said, Take ye away the stone. Martha, the sister of him that was dead, saith unto him, Lord, by this time he stinketh: for he hath been dead four days.
John 11:38 in other languages
| Spanish Reina-Valera 1909 | Y Jesús, conmoviéndose otra vez en sí mismo, vino al sepulcro. Era una cueva, la cual tenía una piedra encima. |
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| French Bible J.N. Darby 1885 | Jésus donc, frémissant encore en lui-même, vient au sépulcre (or c’était une grotte, et il y avait une pierre dessus). |
| German Elberfelder 1871 | Jesus nun, wiederum tief in sich selbst seufzend, kommt zur Gruft. Es war aber eine Höhle, und ein Stein lag darauf. |
| Latin Clementine Vulgate | Jesus ergo rursum fremens in semetipso, venit ad monumentum. Erat autem spelunca, et lapis superpositus erat ei. |