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Contemporary English Version

John 11:17

When Jesus got to Bethany, he found that Lazarus had already been in the tomb four days.

Bible Study Resources

Concordances:

- Nave's Topical Bible - Friendship;   Jesus, the Christ;   Miracles;   Thompson Chain Reference - Dead, the;   Miracles;   Mortality-Immortality;   Resurrection;   Torrey's Topical Textbook - Burial;   Miracles of Christ, the;  

Dictionaries:

- American Tract Society Bible Dictionary - Bethany;   Lazarus;   Mary;   Bridgeway Bible Dictionary - John, gospel of;   Lazarus;   Martha;   Easton Bible Dictionary - Lazarus;   Martha;   Holman Bible Dictionary - John, the Gospel of;   Life;   Hastings' Dictionary of the Bible - Bethany;   Lazarus;   Martha;   Mary;   Hastings' Dictionary of the New Testament - Dominion (2);   Martha ;   Mary;   Numbers (2);   Sanctify, Sanctification;   Tomb, Grave, Sepulchre;   Morrish Bible Dictionary - Lazarus ;   Mary, Sister of Lazarus and Martha;   New Testament;   The Hawker's Poor Man's Concordance And Dictionary - Bethany;   People's Dictionary of the Bible - Lazarus;   Martha;   Smith Bible Dictionary - John, Gospel of;   Wilson's Dictionary of Bible Types - Four;  

Encyclopedias:

- International Standard Bible Encyclopedia - Lazarus;   Martha;   The Jewish Encyclopedia - Jesus of Nazareth;  

Devotionals:

- Every Day Light - Devotion for October 16;  

Parallel Translations

Easy-to-Read Version
Jesus arrived in Bethany and found that Lazarus had already been dead and in the tomb for four days.
Tyndale New Testament (1525)
Then went Iesus and founde that he had lyne in his grave foure dayes already.
Hebrew Names Version
So when Yeshua came, he found that he had been in the tomb four days already.
International Standard Version
When Jesus arrived, he found that Lazarushe">[fn] had already been in the tomb for four days.
New American Standard Bible
So when Jesus came, He found that he had already been in the tomb four days.
New Century Version
When Jesus arrived, he learned that Lazarus had already been dead and in the tomb for four days.
Update Bible Version
So when Jesus came, he found that he had been in the tomb four days already.
Webster's Bible Translation
Then when Jesus came, he found that he had lain in the grave four days already.
English Standard Version
Now when Jesus came, he found that Lazarus had already been in the tomb four days.
World English Bible
So when Jesus came, he found that he had been in the tomb four days already.
Wesley's New Testament (1755)
When Jesus came, he found he had been now four days in the tomb.
Weymouth's New Testament
On His arrival Jesus found that Lazarus had already been three days in the tomb.
Wycliffe Bible (1395)
And so Jhesus cam, and foond hym hauynge thanne foure daies in the graue.
English Revised Version
So when Jesus came, he found that he had been in the tomb four days already.
Berean Standard Bible
When Jesus arrived, He found that Lazarus had already spent four days in the tomb.
Amplified Bible
So when Jesus arrived, He found that Lazarus had already been in the tomb four days.
American Standard Version
So when Jesus came, he found that he had been in the tomb four days already.
Bible in Basic English
Now when Jesus came, he made the discovery that Lazarus had been put into the earth four days before.
Complete Jewish Bible
On arrival, Yeshua found that El‘azar had already been in the tomb for four days.
Darby Translation
Jesus therefore [on] arriving found him to have been four days already in the tomb.
Etheridge Translation
And Jeshu came to Bethania, and found that he had been four days in the house of burial.
Murdock Translation
And Jesus came to Bethany, and found that he had been in the grave four days.
King James Version (1611)
Then when Iesus came, hee found that hee had lien in the graue foure dayes already.
New Living Translation
When Jesus arrived at Bethany, he was told that Lazarus had already been in his grave for four days.
New Life Bible
When Jesus got there, He heard that Lazarus had been in the grave four days.
New Revised Standard
When Jesus arrived, he found that Lazarus had already been in the tomb four days.
Geneva Bible (1587)
Then came Iesus, and found that he had lien in the graue foure dayes alreadie.
George Lamsa Translation
So Jesus came to Bethany, and he found that he had been four days in the tomb.
J.B. Rotherham Emphasized Bible
Jesus, therefore, coming, found that, four days already, had he been in the tomb.
Douay-Rheims Bible
Jesus therefore came: and found that he had been four days already in the grave.
Revised Standard Version
Now when Jesus came, he found that Laz'arus had already been in the tomb four days.
Bishop's Bible (1568)
Then went Iesus, and founde that he had lyen in his graue, foure dayes alredy.
Good News Translation
When Jesus arrived, he found that Lazarus had been buried four days before.
Christian Standard Bible®
When Jesus arrived, he found that Lazarus had already been in the tomb four days.
King James Version
Then when Jesus came, he found that he had lain in the grave four days already.
Lexham English Bible
So when he arrived, Jesus found he had already been four days in the tomb.
Literal Translation
Then coming, Jesus found him already being held in the tomb four days.
Young's Literal Translation
Jesus, therefore, having come, found him having been four days already in the tomb.
Miles Coverdale Bible (1535)
The came Iesus, & founde yt he had lyen in ye graue foure dayes allready.
Mace New Testament (1729)
When Jesus was arriv'd, he found that Lazarus had been then four days in the grave.
THE MESSAGE
When Jesus finally got there, he found Lazarus already four days dead. Bethany was near Jerusalem, only a couple of miles away, and many of the Jews were visiting Martha and Mary, sympathizing with them over their brother. Martha heard Jesus was coming and went out to meet him. Mary remained in the house.
New English Translation
When Jesus arrived, he found that Lazarus had been in the tomb four days already.
New King James Version
So when Jesus came, He found that he had already been in the tomb four days.
Simplified Cowboy Version
When he got there, Jesus discovered Lazarus had been buried in a cave for four days.
New American Standard Bible (1995)
So when Jesus came, He found that he had already been in the tomb four days.
Legacy Standard Bible
So when Jesus came, He found that he had already been in the tomb four days.

Contextual Overview

17 When Jesus got to Bethany, he found that Lazarus had already been in the tomb four days. 18 Bethany was only about two miles from Jerusalem, 19 and many people had come from the city to comfort Martha and Mary because their brother had died. 20 When Martha heard that Jesus had arrived, she went out to meet him, but Mary stayed in the house. 21 Martha said to Jesus, "Lord, if you had been here, my brother would not have died. 22 Yet even now I know that God will do anything you ask." 23 Jesus told her, "Your brother will live again!" 24 Martha answered, "I know that he will be raised to life on the last day, when all the dead are raised." 25 Jesus then said, "I am the one who raises the dead to life! Everyone who has faith in me will live, even if they die. 26 And everyone who lives because of faith in me will never really die. Do you believe this?"

Bible Verse Review
  from Treasury of Scripure Knowledge

four: John 11:39, John 2:19, Hosea 6:2, Acts 2:27-31

Reciprocal: 2 Kings 4:32 - the child John 4:42 - and know

Gill's Notes on the Bible

Then when Jesus came,.... The Alexandrian copy, and all the Oriental versions add, "to Bethany"; though it seems by what follows, that he was not come to the town itself, but near it; and it looks as if it was not far from Lazarus's grave; and it was usual to bury without the city; and here he had intelligence of his, Lazarus's, death, and how long he had been dead:

for he found he had lain in the grave four days already; it is very likely that he died the same day that Mary and Martha sent to Christ to acquaint him with his sickness, and the same day he was buried; for the Jews used to bury the same day a person died, and so they do now: and after Christ had this account, he stayed two days where he was, and on the third day, he proposed to his disciples to go into Judea; and very probably on that, or on the next day, which was the fourth, they set out and came to Bethany; :-.

Barnes' Notes on the Bible

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.

Clarke's Notes on the Bible

Verse John 11:17. He had lain in the grave four days already. — Our Lord probably left Bethabara the day, or the day after, Lazarus died. He came to Bethany three days after; and it appears that Lazarus had been buried about four days, and consequently that he had been put in the grave the day or day after he died. Though it was the Jewish custom to embalm their dead, yet we find, from John 11:39, that he had not been embalmed; and God wisely ordered this, that the miracle might appear the more striking.


 
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