John 20:4
Now they both ran together, but the other disciple ran more quickly, ahead of Peter, and so he arrived at the tomb first.
Catholic Public Domain Version
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
3Therefore, Peter departed with the other disciple, and they went to the tomb.
5And when he bowed down, he saw the linen cloths lying there, but he did not yet enter.
Cross References
Leviticus 13:30and if the place is certainly lower than the rest of the flesh, and the hair is golden, and thinner than usual, he shall declare them contaminated, because it is the leprosy of the head and the beard.
1 Corinthians 9:24Do you not know that, of those who run in a race, all of them, certainly, are runners, but only one achieves the prize. Similarly, you must run, so that you may achieve.
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 →