John 11:17 - An Understandable Version (2005 edition)

¹⁷ So, when Jesus arrived, He found out that Lazarus had already been in his grave [i.e., a cave-like tomb] for four days.

More versions

King James Version (Oxford) 1769

¹⁷ Then when Jesus came, he found that he had lain in the grave four days already.

Amplified Bible - Classic Edition

¹⁷ So when Jesus arrived, He found that he [Lazarus] had already been in the tomb four days.

American Standard Version (1901)

¹⁷ So when Jesus came, he found that he had been in the tomb four days already.

Common English Bible

¹⁷ When Jesus arrived, he found that Lazarus had already been in the tomb for four days.

Catholic Public Domain Version

¹⁷ And so Jesus went. And he found that he had already been in the tomb for four days.

John 11:17 Cross References

Matthew 1:18

Now the birth of Christ happened this way: When His mother Mary was engaged to marry Joseph, [but] before they had a sexual relationship, she was discovered to be pregnant by [the power of] the Holy Spirit.

John 11:39

Jesus said, “You people, take the stone away.” [But] Martha, the dead man’s sister, said to Jesus, “Lord, his body is decomposing by now, for he has been dead four days.”

John 2:19

Jesus answered them, “[If you] destroy this Temple, I will raise it up in three days.”