John 11:17

John 11:17

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15 And I am glad for your sakes that I was not there, that you may believe. Nevertheless let us go to him.”

16 Then ^aThomas, who is called the Twin, said to his fellow disciples, “Let us also go, that we may die with Him.”

I Am the Resurrection and the Life

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

18 Now Bethany was near Jerusalem, about two miles away.

19 And many of the Jews had joined the women around Martha and Mary, to comfort them concerning their brother.

20 Now Martha, as soon as she heard that Jesus was coming, went and met Him, but Mary was sitting in the house.

21 Now Martha said to Jesus, “Lord, if You had been here, my brother would not have died.

22 But even now I know that ^awhatever You ask of God, God will give You.”

23 Jesus said to her, “Your brother will rise again.”

24 Martha said to Him, ^a“I know that he will rise again in the resurrection at the last day.”

25 Jesus said to her, “I am ^athe resurrection and the life. ^bHe who believes in Me, though he may ^cdie, he shall live.

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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).

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