World English Bible

John 11:17

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

Verse in context — John 11

I am glad for your sakes that I was not there, so that you may believe. Nevertheless, let's go to him.

Thomas therefore, who is called Didymus, said to his fellow disciples, "Let's go also, that we may die with him.

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

Now Bethany was near Jerusalem, about fifteen stadia away.

Many of the Jews had joined the women around Martha and Mary, to console them concerning their brother.

A theological portrait of Jesus as the Son of God who brings eternal life.