John 11:17 On his arrival, Jesus found that Lazarus had already been in the tomb for four days.

◄ John 11:17 ►

Parallel Verses

New International Version
On his arrival, Jesus found that Lazarus had already been in the tomb for four days.

English Standard Version
Now when Jesus came, he found that Lazarus had already been in the tomb four days.

New American Standard Bible
So when Jesus came, He found that he had already been in the tomb four days.

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

Holman Christian Standard Bible
When Jesus arrived, He found that Lazarus had already been in the tomb four days.

International Standard Version
When Jesus arrived, he found that Lazarus had already been in the tomb for four days.

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

Douay-Rheims Bible
Jesus therefore came, and found that he had been four days already in the grave.

Darby Bible Translation
Jesus therefore on arriving found him to have been four days already in the tomb.

Young's Literal Translation
Jesus, therefore, having come, found him having been four days already in the tomb.

Commentaries

Matthew Henry's Commentary

11:17-32 Here was a house where the fear of God was, and on which his blessing rested; yet it was made a house of mourning. Grace will keep sorrow from the heart, but not from the house. When God, by his grace and providence, is coming towards us in ways of mercy and comfort, we should, like Martha, go forth by faith, hope, and prayer, to meet him. When Martha went to meet Jesus, Mary sat still in the house; this temper formerly had been an advantage to her, when it put her at Christ's feet to hear his word; but in the day of affliction, the same temper disposed her to melancholy. It is our wisdom to watch against the temptations, and to make use of the advantages of our natural tempers. When we know not what in particular to ask or expect, let us refer ourselves to God; let him do as seemeth him good. To enlarge Martha's expectations, our Lord declared himself to be the Resurrection and the Life. In every sense he is the Resurrection; the source, the substance, the first-fruits, the cause of it. The redeemed soul lives after death in happiness; and after the resurrection, both body and soul are kept from all evil for ever. When we have read or heard the word of Christ, about the great things of the other world, we should put it to ourselves, Do we believe this truth? The crosses and comforts of this present time would not make such a deep impression upon us as they do, if we believed the things of eternity as we ought. When Christ our Master comes, he calls for us. He comes in his word and ordinances, and calls us to them, calls us by them, calls us to himself. Those who, in a day of peace, set themselves at Christ's feet to be taught by him, may with comfort, in a day of trouble, cast themselves at his feet, to find favour with him.

Jamieson-Fausset-Brown

17-19. when Jesus came, he found that he had lain in the grave four days—If he died on the day the tidings came of his illness—and was, according to the Jewish custom, buried the same day (see Jahn's Archæology, and Joh 11:39; Ac 5:5, 6, 10)—and if Jesus, after two days' further stay in Perea, set out on the day following for Bethany, some ten hours' journey, that would make out the four days; the first and last being incomplete [Meyer].