18 (Now Bethany was near Jerusalem, about fifteen stadia.[a] 19 So many of the Jews came to Martha and Mary in order to console them concerning their[b] brother.) 20 Now Martha, when she heard that Jesus was coming, went to meet him, but Mary was sitting in the house.

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Footnotes

  1. John 11:18 A “stade” or “stadium” (plur. “stadia”) is about 607 ft (187 m), so this was just under two miles (3 km)
  2. John 11:19 Literally “the”; the Greek article is used here as a possessive pronoun