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What the Fathers say
Eastern Fathers
John Chrysostom
Our Lord had stayed two days, and the messenger had come the day before; the very day on which Lazarus died. This brings us to the fourth day.
Theophylact of Ohrid
The Lord deliberately delayed until Lazarus had been dead four days, then went, so that the miracle would be from every side free from slander.
Western Saints
Augustine of Hippo
Of the four days many things may be said. They refer to one thing, but one thing viewed in different ways. There is one day of death which the law of our birth brings upon us. Men transgress the natural law, and this is another day of death. The written law is given to men by the hands of Moses, and that is despised—a third day of death. The Gospel comes, and men transgress it—a fourth day of death. But Christ doth not disdain to awaken even these.
Thomas Aquinas
1505 The Evangelist, after telling us that Lazarus was to be raised, now describes the events surrounding it. First, he mentions some others; secondly, he reveals Christ's feelings (v 33); thirdly, he describes the actual raising of Lazarus (v 38). As for the others, he first mentions the condition of Lazarus; secondly, the consolation the Jews were giving to his sisters (v 19); and thirdly, the devotion of these sisters (v 20). …
Bonaventure
Therefore Jesus came. Here the fifth point is touched upon, namely the delay of time; for this was done by divine dispensation: whence he found him not only dead, but decaying, so that the miracle might be more certain, more wondrous, and more glorious; and therefore he adds: And he found him already having four days in the tomb, and thus already decaying: below in the same chapter: "Lord, he already stinks, for he has been dead four days."
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