John 11:17

Now when Jesus came, he found that he had been in the tomb four days already.

Henry placed the healing of a blind man at Jericho and the interview with Zacchaeus within the interval between John 11:16 and John 11:17.[10] If this was the case, it would indicate no hurry on Jesus' part to arrive in Bethany.

Four days ...

According to rabbinical tradition, the soul of a deceased person hovers around the body for three days in hope of a reunion, but takes its final departure when it notices that the body has entered a state of decomposition.[11]

He found ... Jesus already knew what situation was there; thus he "found" it to be what he already knew it was.

Due to the superstition of the rabbis, cited by Hendriksen, the four days of Lazarus in the tomb were significant. Jesus removed from his enemies any such possible explanation of the resurrection of his friend Lazarus, "an explanation" they doubtless would have resorted to if it had not been removed.

[10] Matthew Henry, op. cit., p. 1048.

[11] William Hendriksen, op. cit., II, p. 146.