John 20:4

4 They were both running, but the other follower ran faster than Peter and reached the tomb first.

John 20:4 Meaning and Commentary

John 20:4

So they ran both together
At first setting out, and for a while; not content to walk, they ran, being eagerly desirous to know the truth of things:

and that other disciple did outrun Peter, and came first to the
sepulchre;
John was a younger man than Peter, and so more nimble, and swift of foot, and got to the sepulchre before him; and besides, had not that concern of mind to retard him, Peter might have; as, supposing Christ was risen, and he should see him, how he should be able to look him in the face, whom he had so shamefully denied.

John 20:4 In-Context

2 she ran to Simon Peter and the follower whom Jesus loved. Mary said, "They have taken the Lord out of the tomb, and we don't know where they have put him."

3 So Peter and the other follower started for the tomb.

4 They were both running, but the other follower ran faster than Peter and reached the tomb first.

5 He bent down and looked in and saw the strips of linen cloth lying there, but he did not go in.

6 Then following him, Simon Peter arrived and went into the tomb and saw the strips of linen lying there.