Found (ευρεν). Second aorist active indicative of ευρισκω.

That he had been in the tomb four days already …

In the grave. It was sometimes the custom to embalm the dead, but in this case it does not seem to have been done. He was probabl…

Then when Jesus came—that is, to the neighborhood of Bethany. He did not immediately enter the village itself ([…

Then when Jesus came, he found that he had lain in the grave four days already.

So that he was probably dead as soon as the messenge…

Alcuin of York: Our Lord delayed His coming for four days so that the resurrection of Lazarus would be more glorious: The…

The time between Lazarus’s death and Jesus’ arrival at Bethany was four days. Two full days had intervened between the arrival of the messengers an…

Then when Jesus came The Alexandrian copy, and all the Oriental versions add, "to Bethany"; though it seems by what follo…

Here was a house where the fear of God was, and on which his blessing rested; yet it was made a house of mourning. Grace will keep sorrow from the …

1. The Evangelist, after telling us that Lazarus was to be raised, now describes the events surrounding it. He does so in three parts: