John 11:18

Now Bethany was nigh unto Jerusalem, about fifteen furlongs off:

Now {G1161} Bethany {G963} was {G2258} nigh {G1451} unto Jerusalem {G2414}, about {G5613} fifteen {G1178} furlongs {G4712} off {G575}:

Now Beit-Anyah was about two miles from Yerushalayim,

Now Bethany was near Jerusalem, a little less than two miles away,

Now Bethany was nigh unto Jerusalem, about fifteen furlongs off;

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Cross-References

  • Revelation 14:20 (3 votes)

    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 6:19 (2 votes)

    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.

  • John 11:1 (2 votes)

    ¶ Now a certain [man] was sick, [named] Lazarus, of Bethany, the town of Mary and her sister Martha.

  • Revelation 21:16 (2 votes)

    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.

  • Luke 24:13 (1 votes)

    ¶ And, behold, two of them went that same day to a village called Emmaus, which was from Jerusalem [about] threescore furlongs.