John - 20:6



6 Then Simon Peter came, following him, and entered into the tomb. He saw the linen cloths lying,

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Explanation and meaning of John 20:6.

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Then cometh Simon Peter following him, and went into the sepulchre, and seeth the linen clothes lie,
Simon Peter therefore also cometh, following him, and entered into the tomb; and he beholdeth the linen cloths lying,
Then cometh Simon Peter, following him, and went into the sepulchre, and saw the linen cloths lying,
Simon Peter therefore comes, following him, and entered into the tomb, and sees the linen cloths lying,
Then cometh Simon Peter following him, and went into the sepulcher, and seeth the linen cloths lying;
Simon Peter, therefore, cometh, following him, and he entered into the tomb, and beholdeth the linen clothes lying,
Then comes Simon Peter following him, and went into the sepulcher, and sees the linen clothes lie,
Simon Peter, however, also came, following him, and entered the tomb. There on the ground he saw the cloths;
Then Simon Peter came after him and went into the hole in the rock; and he saw the linen bands on the earth,
Then Simon Peter arrived, following him, and he entered the tomb, and he saw the linen cloths lying there,
Presently Simon Peter came following behind him, and went into the tomb; and he looked at the linen wrappings lying there,

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Scholarly Analysis and Interpretation.

Seeth the linen clothes lie - Θεωπει: from θεαομαι, to behold, and ὁραω, to see - to look steadily at any thing, so as to discover what it is, and to be satisfied with viewing it.

Then cometh Simon Peter following him,.... In a very little time after him:
and went into the sepulchre; itself, though not without first stooping down, as John did; see Luke 24:12.
And seeth the linen clothes lie; as John did; and as by the mouth of two or three witnesses everything is confirmed, so was this; both saw the linen in which the body was wrapped, but that was gone; and which was a sign that the body was not stolen away, otherwise the linen would not have been left; and besides, it would have taken up some time, and given a good deal of trouble, to have unwrapped the body, when it is considered how many foldings the Jews used to wind up their corpse in.

seeth the linen clothes lie--lying.
And the napkin, that was about his head, not lying with the linen clothes--not loosely, as if hastily thrown down, and indicative of a hurried and disorderly removal.
but wrapped--folded.
together in a place by itself--showing with what grand tranquillity "the Living One" had walked forth from "the dead" (Luke 24:5). "Doubtless the two attendant angels (John 20:12) did this service for the Rising One, the one disposing of the linen clothes, the other of the napkin" [BENGEL].

Peter seeth the linen clothes lie - and the napkin folded up - The angels who ministered to him when he rose, undoubtedly folded up the napkin and linen clothes.

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