John 11:17
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Jesus therefore came: and found that he had been four days already in the grave.

four.

John 11:39 Jesus saith: Take away the stone. Martha, the sister of him that was dead, saith to him: Lord, by this time he stinketh, for he is now of four days.

John 2:19 Jesus answered and said to them: Destroy this temple; and in three days I will raise it up.

Hosea 6:2 For he hath taken us, and he will heal us: he will strike, and he will cure us.

Acts 2:27-31 Because thou wilt not leave my soul in hell: nor suffer thy Holy One to see corruption. . . .

Context
Jesus Comforts Martha and Mary
16Thomas therefore, who is called Didymus, said to his fellow disciples: Let us also go, that we may die with him. 17Jesus therefore came: and found that he had been four days already in the grave. 18(Now Bethania was near Jerusalem, about fifteen furlongs off.)…
Cross References
Matthew 1:18
Now the generation of Christ was in this wise. When as his mother Mary was espoused to Joseph, before they came together, she was found with child, of the Holy Ghost.

John 11:39
Jesus saith: Take away the stone. Martha, the sister of him that was dead, saith to him: Lord, by this time he stinketh, for he is now of four days.

Lexicon
[When]
οὖν (oun)
Conjunction
Strong's Greek 3767: Therefore, then. Apparently a primary word; certainly, or accordingly.

Jesus
Ἰησοῦς (Iēsous)
Noun - Nominative Masculine Singular
Strong's Greek 2424: Of Hebrew origin; Jesus, the name of our Lord and two other Israelites.

arrived,
Ἐλθὼν (Elthōn)
Verb - Aorist Participle Active - Nominative Masculine Singular
Strong's Greek 2064: To come, go.

He found that
εὗρεν (heuren)
Verb - Aorist Indicative Active - 3rd Person Singular
Strong's Greek 2147: A prolonged form of a primary heuro, which heureo is used for it in all the tenses except the present and imperfect to find.

[Lazarus]
αὐτὸν (auton)
Personal / Possessive Pronoun - Accusative Masculine 3rd Person Singular
Strong's Greek 846: He, she, it, they, them, same. From the particle au; the reflexive pronoun self, used of the third person, and of the other persons.

had already spent
ἔχοντα (echonta)
Verb - Present Participle Active - Accusative Masculine Singular
Strong's Greek 2192: To have, hold, possess. Including an alternate form scheo skheh'-o; a primary verb; to hold.

four
τέσσαρας (tessaras)
Adjective - Accusative Feminine Plural
Strong's Greek 5064: Four. Or neuter tessara a plural number; four.

days
ἡμέρας (hēmeras)
Noun - Accusative Feminine Plural
Strong's Greek 2250: A day, the period from sunrise to sunset.

in
ἐν (en)
Preposition
Strong's Greek 1722: In, on, among. A primary preposition denoting position, and instrumentality, i.e. A relation of rest; 'in, ' at, on, by, etc.

the
τῷ (tō)
Article - Dative Neuter Singular
Strong's Greek 3588: The, the definite article. Including the feminine he, and the neuter to in all their inflections; the definite article; the.

tomb.
μνημείῳ (mnēmeiō)
Noun - Dative Neuter Singular
Strong's Greek 3419: A tomb, sepulcher, monument. From mneme; a remembrance, i.e. Cenotaph.


Additional Translations
When Jesus arrived, He found that Lazarus had already spent four days in the tomb.

Therefore having come, Jesus found him already having been four days in the tomb.

Then when Jesus came, he found that he had lain in the grave four days already.

So when Jesus came, he found that he had been in the tomb four days already.

Jesus therefore [on] arriving found him to have been four days already in the tomb.

So when Jesus came, he found that he had been in the tomb four days already.

Then when Jesus came, he found that he had lain in the grave four days already.

On His arrival Jesus found that Lazarus had already been three days in the tomb.

So when Jesus came, he found that he had been in the tomb four days already.

Jesus, therefore, having come, found him having been four days already in the tomb.
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