John 20:4 - New Revised Standard Version Updated Edition 2021

⁴ The two were running together, but the other disciple outran Peter and reached the tomb first.

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King James Version (Oxford) 1769

⁴ So they ran both together: and the other disciple did outrun Peter, and came first to the sepulchre.

Amplified Bible - Classic Edition

⁴ And they came running together, but the other disciple outran Peter and arrived at the tomb first.

American Standard Version (1901)

⁴ And they ran both together: and the other disciple outran Peter, and came first to the tomb;

Common English Bible

⁴ They were running together, but the other disciple ran faster than Peter and was the first to arrive at the tomb.

Catholic Public Domain Version

⁴ Now they both ran together, but the other disciple ran more quickly, ahead of Peter, and so he arrived at the tomb first.

Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version

⁴ And they both ran together, and that other disciple did outrun Peter, and came first to the sepulchre.

John 20:4 Cross References

2 Samuel 18:23

“Come what may,” he said, “I will run.” So he said to him, “Run.” Then Ahimaaz ran by the way of the Plain and outran the Cushite.

Leviticus 13:30

the priest shall examine the disease. If it appears deeper than the skin and the hair in it is yellow and thin, the priest shall pronounce him unclean; it is an itch, a defiling disease of the head or the beard.

John 20:3

Then Peter and the other disciple set out and went toward the tomb.

John 20:5

He bent down to look in and saw the linen wrappings lying there, but he did not go in.

John 20:8

Then the other disciple, who reached the tomb first, also went in, and he saw and believed,

1 Corinthians 9:24

Do you not know that in a race the runners all compete, but only one receives the prize? Run in such a way that you may win it.

2 Corinthians 8:12

For if the eagerness is there, the gift is acceptable according to what one has, not according to what one does not have.