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Jhn 11:18 — Now Bethany was nigh unto Jerusalem, about fifteen furlongs off:

Phrase of Scripture		Correlating Passages

fifteen furlongs		that is, about two miles. Jhn 6:19; Luk 24:13; Rev 14:20; Rev 21:16

Correlating Passages

fifteen furlongs

	Jhn 6:19	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.
	Luk 24:13	And, behold, two of them went that same day to a village called Emmaus, which was from Jerusalem [about] threescore furlongs.
	Rev 14:20	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.
	Rev 21:16	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.

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Scott, Thomas. "John 11:18," The Treasury of Scripture Knowledge. Blue Letter Bible. 1836. 9 Jul 2004. .
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