John 11:17 BSB — MannaFest

John 11:17

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

BSB

Parallel translations (2) ▾

ASV

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

KJV

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

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Commentary

3 voices

Bonaventure

Commentary on John, Chapter 11 (1257)

Therefore Jesus came. Here the fifth point is touched upon, namely the delay of time; for this was done by divine dispensation: whence he found him not only dead, but decaying, so that the miracle might be more certain, more wondrous, and more glorious; and …

The record, by era

The Puritans and the Awakening1 voice

Matthew Henry

1662–1714

Commentary on the Whole Bible (1710)

Promised salvations, though they always come surely, yet often come slowly. He found his friends that survived in grief. Martha and Mary were almost swallowed up with sorrow for the death of their brother, which is intimated where it is said that many of the Jews came to Martha and Mary to comfort them.

The Nineteenth Century1 voice

Albert Barnes

1798–1870

Notes, Explanatory and Practical, on the Old and New Testaments (1832-1869)

In the grave - It was sometimes the custom to embalm the dead, but in this case it does not seem to have been done. He was probably buried soon after death.

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Original language & word study

13 tagged words

Original	Transliteration	Meaning	Word study
ἐλθὼν	elthōn	Having come	G2064 →
οὖν	oun	therefore	G3767 →
ὁ	ho	<the>	G3588 →
Ἰησοῦς	Iēsous	Jesus	G2424 →
εὗρεν	heuren	found	G2147 →
αὐτὸν	auton	him	G846 →
τέσσαρας	tessaras	four	G5064 →
ἤδη	ēdē	already	G2235 →
ἡμέρας	hēmeras	days	G2250 →
ἔχοντα	echonta	having been	G2192 →
ἐν	en	in	G1722 →
τῷ	tō	the	G3588 →
μνημείῳ.	mnēmeiō	tomb.	G3419 →

Rare words are the text's own signal of a deliberate thread: the fewer the occurrences, the more the places it appears belong together.

The walk

The walk8

Where the connections lead

Follow this verse’s cross-references two steps out. Each card is a verse this one points to, and beneath it the verses that one points to in turn. Where several different paths arrive at the same place, that place is listed first: the text keeps returning to it. Every stop shows its own words, and every stop is a page.

Through
John 2:19
Jesus answered, “Destroy this temple, and in three days I will raise it up again.”
leads to
- Mark 14:58
  “We heard Him say, ‘I will destroy this man-made temple, and in three days I will build another that is made without hands.’”
- Mark 15:29
  And those who passed by heaped abuse on Him, shaking their heads and saying, “Aha! You who are going to destroy the temple and rebuild it in three days,
- Matthew 27:40
  and saying, “You who are going to destroy the temple and rebuild it in three days, save Yourself! If You are the Son of God, come down from the cross!”
- Matthew 26:60–61
  But they did not find any, though many false witnesses came forward. Finally two came forward
- Matthew 12:40
  For as Jonah was three days and three nights in the belly of the great fish, so the Son of Man will be three days and three nights in the heart of the earth.
Through
Hosea 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.
leads to
- 2 Kings 20:5
  “Go back and tell Hezekiah the leader of My people that this is what the LORD, the God of your father David, says: ‘I have heard your prayer; I have seen your tears. I…
- 1 Corinthians 15:4
  that He was buried, that He was raised on the third day according to the Scriptures,
- Ezekiel 37:11–13
  Then He said to me, “Son of man, these bones are the whole house of Israel. Look, they are saying, ‘Our bones are dried up, and our hope has perished; we are cut off.’