en_tn_condensed/jhn/11/17.md

General Information:

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/jit/writing-background)

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

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