John 11:17
Then when Jesus came, he found that he had lain in the grave four days already.
KJV
Ἐλθὼν οὖν ὁ Ἰησοῦς εὗρεν αὐτὸν τέσσαρας ἡμέρας ἔχοντα ἐν τῷ μνημείῳ.
Greek NT
Venit itaque Jesus : et invenit eum quatuor dies jam in monumento habentem.
Vulgate
So when Jesus came, he found that he had been in the tomb four days already.
ASV
Jesus therefore came: and found that he had been four days already in the grave.
Douay-Rheims
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In the original Greek
11 distinct Greek words appear in this verse.
αὐτός
autos
pronoun · 5564×
εὑρίσκω
eurisko
verb · 175×
μνημεῖον
mnemeion
noun · 37×
οὖν
oun
conjunction · 489×
τέσσαρες
tessares
adjective · 41×
ἐν
en
preposition · 2743×
ἔρχομαι
erchomai
verb · 627×
ἔχω
echo
verb · 707×
ἡμέρα
emera
noun · 388×
Ἰησοῦς
iesous
noun · 908×
ὁ
o
article · 19778×
Textual variants
1 variant unit attested by manuscript witnesses and modern critical editions.
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SBLGNT: ἤδη ἡμέρας | WH/Treg/NIV: ἤδη ἡμέρας | RP: ἡμέρας ἤδη
- ἤδη ἡμέρας — SBLGNT
- ἤδη ἡμέρας — Westcott-Hort, Tregelles, Reader's GNT (NA27)
- ἡμέρας ἤδη — Robinson-Pierpont
source: sblgnt-apparatus
Historic Christian voices
5 passages from patristic writers, Reformers, and church catechisms citing this verse.
1. Many men, when they see any of those who are pleasing to God suffering anything terrible, as, for instance, having fallen into sickness, or poverty, and any other the like, are offended, not knowing that to those especially dear to God it belongs to endure these things; since Lazarus also was one of the friends of Christ, and was sick. This at least they who sent said, Behol…
Cross-references
- Hos 6:2 — After two days will he revive us: in the third day he will raise us up, and we shall live in his sight.
- John 11:39 — Jesus said, Take ye away the stone. Martha, the sister of him that was dead, saith unto him, Lord, by this time he stinketh: for he hath been dead four days.
- John 11:39 — Jesus said, Take ye away the stone. Martha, the sister of him that was dead, saith unto him, Lord, by this time he stinketh: for he hath been dead four days.