en_tn/jhn/11/17.md

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Jesus is now in Bethany. These verses give background information about the setting and about what has happened before Jesus arrived. (See: rc://en/ta/man/translate/writing-background)

he found that Lazarus had already been in the tomb for four days

You can translate this in an active form. AT: "he learned that people had put Lazarus in a tomb four days before" (See: rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-activepassive)

fifteen stadia away

"about three kilometers away." A "stadium" is 185 meters. (See: rc://en/ta/man/translate/translate-bdistance)

about their brother

Lazarus was their younger brother. AT: "about their younger brother" (See: rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-explicit)

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