They both ran together. The other disciple outran Peter, and came to the tomb first.
Parallel translations
- KJV So they ran both together: and the other disciple did outrun Peter, and came first to the sepulchre.
- BSB The two were running together, but the other disciple outran Peter and reached the tomb first.
- NKJV So they both ran together, and the other disciple outran Peter and came to the tomb first.
- NASB The two were running together; and the other disciple ran ahead, faster than Peter, and came to the tomb first;
- NLT They were both running, but the other disciple outran Peter and reached the tomb first.
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- 2 Sam 18:23“But come what may,” he said, “I will run.” He said to him, “Run!” Then Ahimaaz ran by the way of the Plain, and outran the Cushite.
- 1 Cor 9:24Don’t you know that those who run in a race all run, but one receives the prize? Run like that, that you may win.
- 2 Cor 8:12For if the readiness is there, it is acceptable according to what you have, not according to what you don’t have.
- Lev 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.
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