John 20:4
They both ran together. The other disciple outran Peter and came to the tomb first.
World English Bible British
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 and the other disciple went out, and they went towards the tomb.
5Stooping and looking in, he saw the linen cloths lying there; yet he didn’t enter in.
Cross References
Leviticus 13:30then the priest shall examine the plague; and behold, if its appearance is deeper than the skin, and the hair in it is yellow and thin, then the priest shall pronounce him unclean. It is an itch. It is leprosy of the head or of the beard.
1 Corinthians 9:24Don’t you know that those who run in a race all run, but one receives the prize? Run like that, so that you may win.
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 →