John 20:4 BSB — MannaFest

John 20:4

The two were running together, but the other disciple outran Peter and reached the tomb first.

BSB

Parallel translations (2) ▾

ASV

And they ran both together: and the other disciple outran Peter, and came first to the tomb;

KJV

So they ran both together: and the other disciple did outrun Peter, and came first to the sepulchre.

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Commentary

4 voices

Gregory the Dialogist

Catena Aurea by Aquinas (604)

But this account of the Evangelist must not be thought to be without some mystical meaning. By John, the younger of the two, the synagogue; by Peter, the elder, the Gentile Church is represented: for though the synagogue was before the Gentile Church as regards the worship of God, as regards time the Gentile world was before the synagogue. They ran together, because the Gentile world ran side by side with the synagogue from first to last, in respect of purity and community of life, though a purity and community of understanding they had not.

The record, by era

The Puritans and the Awakening1 voice

Matthew Henry

1662–1714

Commentary on the Whole Bible (1710)

The love of Christ will constrain us more than any thing to abound in duty. (2.) He that was cast behind was Peter, who had denied his Master, and was in sorrow and shame for it, and this clogged him as a weight; sense of guilt cramps us, and hinders our enlargement in the service of God.

The Nineteenth Century2 voices

Adam Clarke

1762–1832

Commentary on the Bible (1832)

Outrun Peter - Not because he had a greater desire to see into the truth of these things; but because he was younger, and lighter of foot.

Jamieson, Fausset & Brown

1802–1910

Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible (1871)

Peter therefore went forth, and that other disciple, and came first to the sepulchre--These particulars have a singular air of artless truth about them. Mary, in her grief, runs to the two apostles who were soon to be so closely associated in proclaiming the Saviour's resurrection, and they, followed by Mary, hasten to see with their own eyes.

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Original language & word study

19 tagged words

Original	Transliteration	Meaning	Word study
ἔτρεχον	etrechon	Were running	G5143 →
δὲ	de	now	G1161 →
οἱ	hoi	the	G3588 →
δύο	duo	two	G1417 →
ὁμοῦ·	homou	together;	G3674 →
καὶ	kai	and	G2532 →
ὁ	ho	the	G3588 →
ἄλλος	allos	other	G243 →
μαθητὴς	mathētēs	disciple	G3101 →
προέδραμεν	proedramen	ran ahead	G4390 →
τάχιον	tachion	quicker	G5032 →
τοῦ	tou	<the>	G3588 →
Πέτρου	Petrou	than Peter	G4074 →
καὶ	kai	and	G2532 →
ἦλθεν	ēlthen	came	G2064 →
πρῶτος	prōtos	first	G4413 →
εἰς	eis	to	G1519 →
τὸ	to	the	G3588 →
μνημεῖον,	mnēmeion	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
1 Corinthians 9:24
Do you not know that in a race all the runners run, but only one receives the prize? Run in such a way as to take the prize.
leads to
- Philippians 3:14
  I press on toward the goal to win the prize of God’s heavenly calling in Christ Jesus.
- Hebrews 12:1
  Therefore, since we are surrounded by such a great cloud of witnesses, let us throw off every encumbrance and the sin that so easily entangles, and let us run with endurance the race set…
- 2 Timothy 4:7–8
  I have fought the good fight, I have finished the race, I have kept the faith.
- Revelation 3:11
  I am coming soon. Hold fast to what you have, so that no one will take your crown.
- Philippians 2:16
  as you hold forth the word of life, in order that I may boast on the day of Christ that I did not run or labor in vain.
Through
2 Corinthians 8:12
For if the eagerness is there, the gift is acceptable according to what one has, not according to what he does not have.
leads to
- Mark 12:42–44
  Then one poor widow came and put in two small copper coins, which amounted to a small fraction of a denarius.
- Exodus 35:29
  So all the men and women of the Israelites whose hearts prompted them brought a freewill offering to the LORD for all the work that the LORD through Moses had commanded them to do.
- 2 Corinthians 9:7
  Each one should give what he has decided in his heart to give, not out of regret or compulsion. For God loves a cheerful giver.

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01Commentary

The record, by era

Voices on this verse

02Original language & word study

03The walk

Where the connections lead

04Related verses

05Featured studies on this passage

06About John

The record, by era

Where the connections lead

Commentary

Original language & word study

The walk

Related verses

Featured studies on this passage

About John