and said, “Where have you laid him?” They told him, “Lord, come and see.”
Parallel Translations
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and said, “Where have you laid him?” They told him, “Lord, come and see.”
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Where have ye layed him? They sayde vnto him: Lorde come and se.
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And saide, Where haue ye layde him? They said vnto him, Lord, come and see.
Cross-references (5)
Passages linked to John 11:34 in the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge, ordered by reader-vote popularity; verse text shown in World English Bible.
- Matthew 28:6 He is not here, for he has risen, just like he said. Come, see the place where the Lord was lying.
- Mark 15:47 Mary Magdalene and Mary, the mother of Joses, saw where he was laid.
- Mark 16:6 He said to them, “Don’t be amazed. You seek Jesus, the Nazarene, who has been crucified. He has risen. He is not here. Behold, the place where they laid him!
- John 20:2 Therefore she ran and came to Simon Peter and to the other disciple whom Jesus loved, and said to them, “They have taken away the Lord out of the tomb, and we don’t know where they have laid him!”
- John 1:39 He said to them, “Come, and see.” They came and saw where he was staying, and they stayed with him that day. It was about the tenth hour.
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John Trapp 1656 · Public Domain 34 And said, Where have ye laid him? They…
34 And said, Where have ye laid him? They said unto him, Lord, come and see.
Ver. 34. Where have ye laid him?] He could tell well enough; but yet would be told by them. So, he knows our wants before we open them, and sometimes is pleased to prevent us with a supply; but usually he will hear from us. Come he will to our relief and help, but he will have his people’s prayers lead him. "I came for thy words," saith the angel, Dan 10:12; Dan 9:21. While he was speaking in prayer, Gabriel came with "weariness of flight," and touched him "about the evening oblation," which was the hour of prayer.
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Matthew Poole 1685 · Public Domain Weeping is not of itself a sinful, but a…
Weeping is not of itself a sinful, but a natural passion, which (as was said before) doth very well agree with Christ, having voluntarily taken upon him our nature, and natural infirmities.
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John Gill 1763 · Public Domain Jesus wept. As he was going along to the…
Jesus wept. As he was going along to the grave, see Joh 11:28; as he was meditating upon the state of his friend Lazarus, the distress his two sisters were in, and the greater damnation that would befall the Jews then present, who, notwithstanding the miracle, would not believe in him. This shows him to be truly and really man, subject to like passions, only without sin.
John 11:36
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Albert Barnes 1834 · Public Domain Where have ye laid him? - Jesus spoke as…
Where have ye laid him? - Jesus spoke as a man. In all this transaction he manifested the deep sympathies of a man; and though he who could raise the dead man up could also know where he was, yet he chose to lead them to the grave by inducing them to point the way, and hence, he asked this question.
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Haydock's Catholic Bible Commentary 1859 · Public Domain Where have you laid him? He asks what he…
Where have you laid him? He asks what he knows, says St. Augustine, to raise their attention, their faith, hope, &c. (Witham)
George Leo Haydock (1774–1849), Haydock's Catholic Family Bible and Commentary, 1859 edition — public domain. Excludes Psalms (Douay-Rheims chapter numbering differs from Protestant) and Deuterocanonical books (Catholic canon only).
Robert Jamieson, A. R. Fausset & David Brown 1871 · Public Domain Where have ye laid him? . . . Lord,…
Where have ye laid him? . . . Lord, come and see--Perhaps it was to retain composure enough to ask this question, and on receiving the answer to proceed with them to the spot, that He checked Himself.
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The Cambridge Bible for Schools and Colleges 1878 · Public Domain 34. Where have ye laid him?] This question is…
34. Where have ye laid him?] This question is against the supposition, based on Joh_11:31, that the place where Jesus halted outside the village was close to the grave.
They say unto him] ‘They’ are the two sisters: on both sides “grief speaks in the fewest possible words.”
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Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers 1878 · Public Domain (34) Where have ye laid him?—The question is directed,…
(34) Where have ye laid him?—The question is directed, of course, to the sisters. This is further shown by the answer, “Lord, come and see.” Both question and answer are expressed in the shortest form. Grief speaks in the fewest possible words.
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The Pulpit Commentary 1880 · Public Domain And he said, Where have ye laid him? They…
And he said, Where have ye laid him? They say unto him, Lord, come and see. A strange echo of Joh_1:39 (cf. Rev_6:1, Rev_6:5, Rev_6:7) Christ asking for information. The Lord was answered out of his own words. His mind was made up.
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