So they ran both together: and the other talmid did outrun Kefa, and came first to the sepulchre.
But howsoever, said he, let me run. And he said unto him, Run. Then Ahimaaz ran by the way of the plain, and overran Cushi.
For if there be first a willing mind, it is accepted according to that a man hath, and not according to that he hath not.
Know ye not that they which run in a race run all, but one receiveth the prize? So run, that ye may obtain.
Then the kohen shall see the plague: and, behold, if it be in sight deeper than the skin; and there be in it a yellow thin hair; then the kohen shall pronounce him unclean: it is a dry scall, even a leprosy upon the head or beard.
Kefa therefore went forth, and that other talmid, and came to the sepulchre.
And he stooping down, and looking in, saw the linen clothes lying; yet went he not in.
Then went in also that other talmid, which came first to the sepulchre, and he saw, and believed.