SEV Biblia, Chapter 11:17
¶ Vino pues Jess, y hall que hacía ya cuatro días que estaba en el sepulcro.
Clarke's Bible Commentary - John 11:17
Verse 17. He had lain in the grave four days already.] Our Lord probably left Bethabara the day, or the day after, Lazarus died. He came to Bethany three days after; and it appears that Lazarus had been buried about four days, and consequently that he had been put in the grave the day or day after he died. Though it was the Jewish custom to embalm their dead, yet we find, from ver. 39, that he had not been embalmed; and God wisely ordered this, that the miracle might appear the more striking.
John Gill's Bible Commentary
Ver. 17. Then when Jesus came , etc.] 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 Lazaruss grave; and it was usual to bury without the city; and here he had intelligence of his, Lazaruss, 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).
Matthew Henry Commentary
Verses 17-32 - Here was a house where the fear of God was, and on which his blessin rested; yet it was made a house of mourning. Grace will keep sorro from the heart, but not from the house. When God, by his grace an providence, is coming towards us in ways of mercy and comfort, we should, like Martha, go forth by faith, hope, and prayer, to meet him When Martha went to meet Jesus, Mary sat still in the house; thi temper formerly had been an advantage to her, when it put her a Christ's feet to hear his word; but in the day of affliction, the sam temper disposed her to melancholy. It is our wisdom to watch agains the temptations, and to make use of the advantages of our natura tempers. When we know not what in particular to ask or expect, let u refer ourselves to God; let him do as seemeth him good. To enlarg Martha's expectations, our Lord declared himself to be the Resurrectio and the Life. In every sense he is the Resurrection; the source, the substance, the first-fruits, the cause of it. The redeemed soul live after death in happiness; and after the resurrection, both body an soul are kept from all evil for ever. When we have read or heard the word of Christ, about the great things of the other world, we shoul put it to ourselves, Do we believe this truth? The crosses and comfort of this present time would not make such a deep impression upon us a they do, if we believed the things of eternity as we ought. When Chris our Master comes, he calls for us. He comes in his word and ordinances and calls us to them, calls us by them, calls us to himself. Those who in a day of peace, set themselves at Christ's feet to be taught by him may with comfort, in a day of trouble, cast themselves at his feet, to find favour with him.
Greek Textus Receptus
ελθων 2064 5631 V-2AAP-NSM ουν 3767 CONJ ο 3588 T-NSM ιησους 2424 N-NSM ευρεν 2147 5627 V-2AAI-3S αυτον 846 P-ASM τεσσαρας 5064 A-APF ημερας 2250 N-APF ηδη 2235 ADV εχοντα 2192 5723 V-PAP-ASM εν 1722 PREP τω 3588 T-DSN μνημειω 3419 N-DSN
Vincent's NT Word Studies
17. Had lain in the grave four days already (tessarav hmerav hdh econta en tw mnhmeiw). Literally, found him having already four days in the tomb.
