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John 11:17The Kingdom Interlinear Translation of the Greek Scriptures
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᾿Ελθὼν οὖν ὁ Ἰησοῦς εὗρεν αὐτὸν τέσσαρας ἤδη ἡμέρας ἔχοντα ἐν τῷ μνημείῳ.
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John 11:17The Bible in Living English
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17 So Jesus came and found him in the tomb, where he had been four days already.
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John 11:17American Standard Version
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17 So when Jesus came, he found that he had been in the tomb four days already.
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John 11:17The Emphasized Bible
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17 Jesus therefore coming, found that four days already had he been in the tomb.
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John 11:17King James Version
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17 Then when Jesus came, he found that he had lain in the grave four days already.
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John Study Notes—Chapter 11New World Translation of the Holy Scriptures (Study Edition)
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already been in the tomb for four days: When Lazarus fell seriously ill, his sisters sent word to Jesus. (Joh 11:1-3) Jesus was a journey of two days or so from Bethany, and Lazarus apparently died about the time that the news reached Jesus. (Joh 10:40) Jesus “remained in the place where he was for two more days,” and then he left for Bethany. (Joh 11:6, 7) By waiting for two days and then traveling for two days, he arrived at the tomb four days after Lazarus’ death. Jesus had already performed at least two resurrections—one right after the death of the person and the other likely sometime later on the day of death. (Lu 7:11-17; 8:49-55; compare Mt 11:5.) But he had not yet raised up someone who had been dead for four days and whose body had already begun to decompose. (Joh 11:39) There was an erroneous belief among the Jews that the soul remained with a dead body for three days, and then it left. Even those holding such a belief would be convinced that Jesus had performed an exceptional miracle in the case of Lazarus.—Joh 12:9, 10, 17.
tomb: Or “memorial tomb.”—See Glossary, “Memorial tomb.”
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