John 20:4
They went running together, and the other disciple got in front of Peter and came first to the hole in the rock;
Bible in Basic English
In The King James Version
So they ran both together: and the other disciple did outrun Peter, and came first to the sepulchre.
In Context
3So Peter and the other disciple went out to the place of the dead.
5And looking in, he saw the linen bands on the earth; but he did not go in,
Cross References
Leviticus 13:30Then the priest is to see the diseased place: and if it seems to go deeper than the skin, and if there is thin yellow hair in it, then the priest will say that he is unclean: he has the mark of the leper's disease on his head or in the hair of his chin.
1 Corinthians 9:24Do you not see that in a running competition all take part, but only one gets the reward? So let your minds be fixed on the reward.
Matthew Henry on John 20:2-11
The Resurrection. 1 The first day of the week cometh Mary Magdalene early, when it was yet dark, unto the sepulchre, and seeth the stone taken away from the sepulchre. 2 Then she runneth, and cometh to Simon Peter, and to the other disciple, whom Jesus loved, and saith unto them, They have taken away the Lord out of the sepulchre, and we know not where they have laid him. 3 Peter therefore went forth, and that other disciple, and came to the sepulchre. 4 So they ran both together: and the other disciple did outrun… Read the whole commentary →