Verse 17

So when Jesus came, he found that he had been in the tomb four days already.

Referenced Verses

• John 11:39 : 39 Jesus saith, Take ye away the stone. Martha, the sister of him that was dead, saith unto him, Lord, by this time the body decayeth; for he hath been [dead] four days.
• Acts 2:27-31 : 27 Because thou wilt not leave my soul unto Hades, Neither wilt thou give thy Holy One to see corruption. 28 Thou madest known unto me the ways of life; Thou shalt make me full of gladness with thy countenance. 29 Brethren, I may say unto you freely of the patriarch David, that he both died and was buried, and his tomb is with us unto this day. 30 Being therefore a prophet, and knowing that God had sworn with an oath to him, that of the fruit of his loins he would set [one] upon his throne; 31 he foreseeing [this] spake of the resurrection of the Christ, that neither was he left unto Hades, nor did his flesh see corruption.
• Hos 6:2 : 2 After two days will he revive us: on the third day he will raise us up, and we shall live before him.
• John 2:19 : 19 Jesus answered and said unto them, Destroy this temple, and in three days I will raise it up.