John 20 · Verse 3

John 20:3

Peter therefore went forth, and that other disciple, and came to the sepulchre.
John 20:3, King James Version

John 20:3 in other translations

BSBThen Peter and the other disciple set out for the tomb.
WEBTherefore Peter and the other disciple went out, and they went toward the tomb.
ASVPeter therefore went forth, and the other disciple, and they went toward the tomb.
YLTPeter, therefore, went forth, and the other disciple, and they were coming to the tomb,
DARBYPeter therefore went forth, and the other disciple, and came to the tomb.
BBESo Peter and the other disciple went out to the place of the dead.
WebsterPeter therefore went forth, and that other disciple, and came to the sepulcher.

What does John 20:3 mean?

Jamieson-Fausset-Brown on John 20:3-10
3-10. Peter therefore went forth, and that other disciple, and came first to the sepulchre--These particulars have a singular air of artless truth about them. Mary, in her grief, runs to the two apostles who were soon to be so closely associated in proclaiming the Saviour's resurrection, and they, followed by Mary, hasten to see with their own eyes. The younger disciple outruns the older; love haply supplying swifter wings. He stoops, he gazes in, but enters not the open sepulchre, held back probably by a reverential fear. The bolder Peter, coming up, goes in at once, and is rewarded with bright evidence of what had happened.

Robert Jamieson, A. R. Fausset & David Brown, 1871 · public domain

Barnes' Notes
Verse 3.

(c) "Peter" Lk 24:12

Albert Barnes, 1834 · public domain

Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on John 20:1-10

If Christ gave his life a ransom, and had not taken it again, it would not have appeared that his giving it was accepted as satisfaction. It was a great trial to Mary, that the body was gone. Weak believers often make that the matter of complaint, which is really just ground of hope, and matter of joy. It is well when those more honoured than others with the privileges of disciples, are more active than others in…

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John 20:3 in the original Greek

Word-by-word with transliteration, English gloss and Strong's number. Tap a number for the full definition and every place the word is used.

ἘξῆλθενExēlthenWent forthG1831
οὖνounthereforeG3767
ὁho<the>G3588
ΠέτροςPetrosPeterG4074
καὶkaiandG2532
ὁhotheG3588
ἄλλοςallosotherG243
μαθητὴςmathētēsdiscipleG3101
καὶkaiandG2532
ἤρχοντοērchontowere comingG2064
εἰςeistoG1519
τὸtotheG3588
μνημεῖον·mnēmeiontomb;G3419

Source: STEPBible TAHOT/TAGNT (Tyndale House, CC BY 4.0).

Cross references for John 20:3

  • Luke 24:12

    Then arose Peter, and ran unto the sepulchre; and stooping down, he beheld the linen clothes laid by themselves, and departed, wondering in himself at that which was come to pass.

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Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
Lu 24:12

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Context

  • John 20:2

    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.

  • John 20:3

    Peter therefore went forth, and that other disciple, and came to the sepulchre.

  • John 20:4

    So they ran both together: and the other disciple did outrun Peter, and came first to the sepulchre.

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John 20:3 in other languages

Spanish
Reina-Valera 1909		Y salió Pedro, y el otro discípulo, y vinieron al sepulcro.
French
Bible J.N. Darby 1885		Pierre donc sortit, et l’autre disciple, et ils s’en allèrent au sépulcre.
German
Elberfelder 1871		Da ging Petrus hinaus und der andere Jünger, und sie gingen zu der Gruft.
Latin
Clementine Vulgate		Exiit ergo Petrus, et ille alius discipulus, et venerunt ad monumentum.