John 11:17
15 and for your sake I am glad I was not there, so that you may believe. But let us go to him.”
16 Then Thomas called Didymus said to his fellow disciples, “Let us also go, so that we may die with Him.”
When Jesus arrived, He found that Lazarus had already spent four days in the tomb.
18 Now Bethany was near Jerusalem, a little less than two miles away,
19 and many of the Jews had come to Martha and Mary to console them in the loss of their brother.
Here the Bible tells a story about someone else. Ask yourself what it can say to us today. Do read the surrounding verses too, because the context often says more than a single verse.
Compare
- BSB
- When Jesus arrived, He found that Lazarus had already spent four days in the tomb.
- KJV
- Then when Jesus came, he found that he had lain in the grave four days already.
- WEB
- So when Jesus came, he found that he had been in the tomb four days already.
- ASV
- So when Jesus came, he found that he had been in the tomb four days already.
- DARBY
- Jesus therefore [on] arriving found him to have been four days already in the tomb.
- BLB
- Therefore, having come, Jesus found him already having been four days in the tomb.
- ÅB
- Da nå Jesus kom, fant han at han allerede hadde ligget fire dager i graven.
- OTB
- Da Han kom fram, fant Jesus at Lasarus allerede hadde ligget i graven i fire dager.
- B1930
- Da nu Jesus kom, fant han at han allerede hadde ligget fire dager i graven.
Study notes (Tyndale)
Original text and word study
Cross references
John 11:39
“Take away the stone,” Jesus said. “Lord, by now he stinks,” said Martha, the sister of the dead man. “It has already been four days.”
Read in contextHosea 6:2
After two days He will revive us; on the third day He will raise us up, that we may live in His presence.
Read in contextActs 2:27–31
because You will not abandon my soul to Hades, nor will You let Your Holy One see decay.
Read in contextJohn 2:19
Jesus answered, “Destroy this temple, and in three days I will raise it up again.”
Read in context