“So they ran both together: and the other disciple did outrun Peter, and came first to the sepulchre.”
The two were running together, but the other disciple ran ahead of Peter and reached the tomb first — the beloved disciple's speed foreshadows his spiritual agility; he will see and believe while Peter remains in incomplete understanding. This race is not mere physical competition but theological narrative: the first to arrive at resurrection truth is not Peter but the unnamed beloved figure. The narrative builds tension between sight (ephthasan, arrived first) and subsequent seeing (theasamenos, observed).
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