John 20:4
King James Version
11 Jun 2026
“So they ran both together: and the other disciple did outrun Peter, and came first to the sepulchre.”
μαθητής
Not just a follower — a learner who becomes like the teacher. The last command Jesus gives is not go and convert — it is go and make mathetes. People who learn from Me, walk like Me, think like Me, love like Me. The mission is not decisions. It is transformation.
τρέχω
Were running
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τρέχω
To run, to hasten, to press forward. Trecho. Run with endurance the race set before you. The race is set. You do not choose the course. You choose whether to run it well.
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πρῶτος
first
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πρῶτος
First, foremost, chief. Protos. The first shall be last and the last first. God constantly reverses human rankings. What the world considers great God may consider least.
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Πέτρος
than Peter
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Πέτρος
a (piece of) rock (larger than G3037 (λίθος)); as a name, Petrus, an apostle
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τάχιον
quicker
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τάχιον
more swiftly, i.e. (in manner) more rapidly, or (in time) more speedily
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ὁμοῦ
together;
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ὁμοῦ
akin to G260 (ἅμα)) as adverb; at the same place or time
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μνημεῖον
tomb,
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μνημεῖον
a remembrance, i.e. cenotaph (place of interment)
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προτρέχω
ran ahead
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προτρέχω
to run forward, i.e. outstrip, precede
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