Commentaries:
Robertson's Word Pictures (NT)
Found (euren). Second aorist active indicative of euriskw.
That he had been in the tomb four days already (auton tessarav hdh hmerav exonta). Literally, "him (accusative object of euren) having already four days in the tomb." See John 5:5 for the same idiom (eth exwn) for expression of time (having 38 years). In Jewish custom burial took place on the day of death (Acts 6:6, Acts 6:10).
Other Robertson's Word Pictures (NT) entries containing John 11:17:
Luke 9:51
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