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John 11:44

And he that was dead came forth, bound hand and foot with graveclothes: and his face was bound about with a napkin. Jesus saith unto them, Loose him, and let him go.

KJV

ἐξῆλθεν ὁ τεθνηκὼς δεδεμένος τοὺς πόδας καὶ τὰς χεῖρας κειρίαις, καὶ ἡ ὄψις αὐτοῦ σουδαρίῳ περιεδέδετο. λέγει αὐτοῖς ὁ Ἰησοῦς· λύσατε αὐτὸν καὶ ἄφετε αὐτὸν ὑπάγειν.

Greek NT

Et statim prodiit qui fuerat mortuus, ligatus pedes, et manus institis, et facies illius sudario erat ligata. Dixit eis Jesus : Solvite eum et sinite abire.

Vulgate

He that was dead came forth, bound hand and foot with grave-clothes; and his face was bound about with a napkin. Jesus saith unto them, Loose him, and let him go.

ASV

And presently he that had been dead came forth, bound feet and hands with winding bands. And his face was bound about with a napkin. Jesus said to them: Loose him and let him go.

Douay-Rheims

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In the original Greek

17 distinct Greek words appear in this verse.

αὐτός
autos
pronoun · 5564×
δέω
deo
verb · 43×
θνήσκω
thnesko
verb · 9×
καί
kai
conjunction · 8973×
κειρία
keiria
noun · 1×
λέγω
lego
verb · 2256×
λύω
luo
verb · 42×
περιδέω
perideo
verb · 1×
πούς
pous
noun · 91×
σουδάριον
soudarion
noun · 4×
χείρ
cheir
noun · 175×
ἀφίημι
aphiemi
verb · 143×
ἐξέρχομαι
exerchomai
verb · 221×
Ἰησοῦς
iesous
noun · 908×
o
article · 19778×
ὄψις
opsis
noun · 3×
ὑπάγω
upago
verb · 81×

Textual variants

3 variant units attested by manuscript witnesses and modern critical editions.

minor
SBLGNT: ἐξῆλθεν | WH/Treg/NIV: ἐξῆλθεν | RP: Καὶ ἐξῆλθεν
  • ἐξῆλθενSBLGNT
  • ἐξῆλθενWestcott-Hort, Tregelles, Reader's GNT (NA27)
  • Καὶ ἐξῆλθενRobinson-Pierpont
source: sblgnt-apparatus
minor
SBLGNT: αὐτοῖς ὁ Ἰησοῦς | Treg/NIV/RP: αὐτοῖς ὁ Ἰησοῦς | WH: ὁ Ἰησοῦς αὐτοῖς
  • αὐτοῖς ὁ ἸησοῦςSBLGNT
  • αὐτοῖς ὁ ἸησοῦςTregelles, Reader's GNT (NA27), Robinson-Pierpont
  • ὁ Ἰησοῦς αὐτοῖςWestcott-Hort
source: sblgnt-apparatus
trivial
SBLGNT: αὐτὸν | WH/Treg/NIV: αὐτὸν
  • αὐτὸνSBLGNT
  • αὐτὸνWestcott-Hort, Tregelles, Reader's GNT (NA27)
source: sblgnt-apparatus

Miracle

Historic Christian voices

6 passages from patristic writers, Reformers, and church catechisms citing this verse.

§640"Why do you seek the living among the dead? He is not here, but has risen."492 The first element we encounter in the framework of the Easter events is the empty tomb. In itself it is not a direct proof of Resurrection; the absence of Christ's body from the tomb could be explained otherwise.493 Nonetheless the empty tomb was still an essential sign for all. Its discovery by the …
2. And, behold, it is said, a woman that had an issue of blood twelve years, came behind Him, and touched the hem of His garment. For she said within herself, If I may but touch His garment, I shall be whole. Wherefore did she not approach Him boldly? She was ashamed on account of her affliction, accounting herself to be unclean. For if the menstruous woman was judged not to be…
I am the resurrection, and the life. The raising of Lazarus is the greatest of Christ's miracles, a visible demonstration of his power over death. Calvin emphasizes that Christ delayed intentionally, so that the glory of God might be more fully displayed. "Jesus wept" shows the genuine humanity of Christ — he is touched with the feeling of our infirmities. Yet his tears gave wa…

Cross-references

  • 1Sam 2:6 — The LORD killeth, and maketh alive: he bringeth down to the grave, and bringeth up.
  • 2Kgs 13:21 — And it came to pass, as they were burying a man, that, behold, they spied a band of men; and they cast the man into the sepulchre of Elisha: and when the man was let down, and touched the bones of Eli
  • Acts 20:9 — And there sat in a window a certain young man named Eutychus, being fallen into a deep sleep: and as Paul was long preaching, he sunk down with sleep, and fell down from the third loft, and was taken
  • Ezek 37:3 — And he said unto me, Son of man, can these bones live? And I answered, O Lord GOD, thou knowest.
  • Gen 1:3 — And God said, Let there be light: and there was light.
  • Hos 13:14 — I will ransom them from the power of the grave; I will redeem them from death: O death, I will be thy plagues; O grave, I will be thy destruction: repentance shall be hid from mine eyes.
  • John 5:21 — For as the Father raiseth up the dead, and quickeneth them; even so the Son quickeneth whom he will.
  • John 5:25 — Verily, verily, I say unto you, The hour is coming, and now is, when the dead shall hear the voice of the Son of God: and they that hear shall live.
  • John 10:30 — I and my Father are one.
  • John 11:25 — Jesus said unto her, I am the resurrection, and the life: he that believeth in me, though he were dead, yet shall he live:
  • John 19:40 — Then took they the body of Jesus, and wound it in linen clothes with the spices, as the manner of the Jews is to bury.
  • John 19:40 — Then took they the body of Jesus, and wound it in linen clothes with the spices, as the manner of the Jews is to bury.
  • John 20:7 — And the napkin, that was about his head, not lying with the linen clothes, but wrapped together in a place by itself.
  • John 20:7 — And the napkin, that was about his head, not lying with the linen clothes, but wrapped together in a place by itself.
  • Luke 7:15 — And he that was dead sat up, and began to speak. And he delivered him to his mother.
  • Luke 8:55 — And her spirit came again, and she arose straightway: and he commanded to give her meat.
  • Mark 5:43 — And he charged them straitly that no man should know it; and commanded that something should be given her to eat.
  • Phil 3:21 — Who shall change our vile body, that it may be fashioned like unto his glorious body, according to the working whereby he is able even to subdue all things unto himself.
  • Ps 33:9 — For he spake, and it was done; he commanded, and it stood fast.
  • Rev 1:18 — I am he that liveth, and was dead; and, behold, I am alive for evermore, Amen; and have the keys of hell and of death.