John 20:4

4 currebant autem duo simul et ille alius discipulus praecucurrit citius Petro et venit primus ad monumentum

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 cucurrit ergo et venit ad Simonem Petrum et ad alium discipulum quem amabat Iesus et dicit eis tulerunt Dominum de monumento et nescimus ubi posuerunt eum

3 exiit ergo Petrus et ille alius discipulus et venerunt ad monumentum

4 currebant autem duo simul et ille alius discipulus praecucurrit citius Petro et venit primus ad monumentum

5 et cum se inclinasset videt posita linteamina non tamen introivit

6 venit ergo Simon Petrus sequens eum et introivit in monumentum et videt linteamina posita