Bible verse
When Jesus arrived, He found that Lazarus had already spent four days in the tomb.
John 11:17 · BSB
The verses around it, from John 11.
13 They thought that Jesus was talking about actual sleep, but He was speaking about the death of Lazarus.
14 So Jesus told them plainly, “Lazarus is dead,
15 and for your sake I am glad I was not there, so that you may believe. But let us go to him.”
16 Then Thomas called Didymus said to his fellow disciples, “Let us also go, so that we may die with Him.”
17 When Jesus arrived, He found that Lazarus had already spent four days in the tomb.
18 Now Bethany was near Jerusalem, a little less than two miles away,
19 and many of the Jews had come to Martha and Mary to console them in the loss of their brother.
20 So when Martha heard that Jesus was coming, she went out to meet Him; but Mary stayed at home.
21 Martha said to Jesus, “Lord, if You had been here, my brother would not have died.
KJV
Then when Jesus came, he found that he had [lain] in the grave four days already.
ASV
So when Jesus came, he found that he had been in the tomb four days already.
ERV
So when Jesus came, he found that he had been in the tomb four days already.
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