John 11:17

Speaking with Martha and Mary

11:17 When ¹  Jesus arrived, ²  he found that Lazarus ³  had been in the tomb four days already. ⁴ 

John 19:42

19:42 And so, because it was the Jewish day of preparation ⁵  and the tomb was nearby, ⁶  they placed Jesus’ body there.

¹ tn Grk “Then when.”

² tn Grk “came.”

³ tn Grk “he”; the referent (Lazarus) has been specified in the translation for clarity.

⁴ tn Grk “he had already had four days in the tomb” (an idiom).

⁵ sn The day of preparation was the day before the Sabbath when everything had to be prepared for it, as no work could be done on the Sabbath.

⁶ sn The tomb was nearby. The Passover and the Sabbath would begin at 6 p.m., so those who had come to prepare and bury the body could not afford to waste time.