Johannes 11:17

17 Da kam Jesus und fand ihn, daß er schon vier Tage im Grabe gelegen hatte.

Johannes 11:17 Meaning and Commentary

John 11:17

Then when Jesus came
The Alexandrian copy, and all the Oriental versions add, "to Bethany"; though it seems by what follows, that he was not come to the town itself, but near it; and it looks as if it was not far from Lazarus's grave; and it was usual to bury without the city; and here he had intelligence of his, Lazarus's, death, and how long he had been dead:

for he found he had lain in the grave four days already;
it is very likely that he died the same day that Mary and Martha sent to Christ to acquaint him with his sickness, and the same day he was buried; for the Jews used to bury the same day a person died, and so they do now: and after Christ had this account, he stayed two days where he was, and on the third day, he proposed to his disciples to go into Judea; and very probably on that, or on the next day, which was the fourth, they set out and came to Bethany; (See Gill on John 11:39).

Johannes 11:17 In-Context

15 und ich bin froh um euretwillen, daß ich nicht dagewesen bin, auf daß ihr glaubt. Aber laßt uns zu ihm ziehen!

16 Da sprach Thomas, der genannt ist Zwilling, zu den Jüngern: Laßt uns mitziehen, daß wir mit ihm sterben!

17 Da kam Jesus und fand ihn, daß er schon vier Tage im Grabe gelegen hatte.

18 Bethanien aber war nahe bei Jerusalem, bei fünfzehn Feld Weges;

19 und viele Juden waren zu Martha und Maria gekommen, sie zu trösten über ihren Bruder.