Then Simon Peter came, following him, and entered into the tomb. He saw the linen cloths lying,
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Then Simon Peter came, following him, and entered into the tomb. He saw the linen cloths lying,
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Then came Simon Peter folowynge him and went into the sepulcre and sawe the lynnen clothes lye
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Then came Simon Peter following him, and went into the sepulchre, and sawe the linnen clothes lye,
Cross-references (7)
Passages linked to John 20:6 in the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge, ordered by reader-vote popularity; verse text shown in World English Bible.
- Luke 22:31-32 The Lord said, “Simon, Simon, behold, Satan asked to have all of you, that he might sift you as wheat, but I prayed for you, that your faith wouldn’t fail. You, when once you have turned again, establish your brothers.”
- Matthew 16:15-16 He said to them, “But who do you say that I am?” Simon Peter answered, “You are the Christ, the Son of the living God.”
- John 6:67-69 Jesus said therefore to the twelve, “You don’t also want to go away, do you?” Simon Peter answered him, “Lord, to whom would we go? You have the words of eternal life. We have come to believe and know that you are the Christ, the Son of the living God.”
- John 18:17 Then the maid who kept the door said to Peter, “Are you also one of this man’s disciples?” He said, “I am not.”
- John 18:25-27 Now Simon Peter was standing and warming himself. They said therefore to him, “You aren’t also one of his disciples, are you?” He denied it and said, “I am not.” One of the servants of the high priest, being a relative of him whose ear Peter had cut off, said, “Didn’t I see you in the garden with him?” Peter therefore denied it again, and immediately the rooster crowed.
- John 21:7 That disciple therefore whom Jesus loved said to Peter, “It’s the Lord!” So when Simon Peter heard that it was the Lord, he wrapped his coat around himself (for he was naked), and threw himself into the sea.
- John 21:15-17 So when they had eaten their breakfast, Jesus said to Simon Peter, “Simon, son of Jonah, do you love me more than these?” He said to him, “Yes, Lord; you know that I have affection for you.” He said to him, “Feed my lambs.” He said to him again a second time, “Simon, son of Jonah, do you love me?” He said to him, “Yes, Lord; you know that I have affection for you.” He said to him, “Tend my sheep.” He said to him the third time, “Simon, son of Jonah, do you have affection for me?” Peter was grieved because he asked him the third time, “Do you have affection for me?” He said to him, “Lord, you know everything. You know that I have affection for you.” Jesus said to him, “Feed my sheep.
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John Trapp 1656 · Public Domain 6 Then cometh Simon Peter following him, and went…
6 Then cometh Simon Peter following him, and went into the sepulchre, and seeth the linen clothes lie,
Ver. 6. Following him and went in] John came first; Peter entered first: "soft and fair goes far:" soft fire makes sweet malt: leap Christians are not much to be liked; such as quickly step out of profaneness into profession. Hot at hand seldom holds out. The stony ground immediately received the seed with joy, and started up suddenly, ευθεως; but the good ground brings forth fruit with patience or tarriance, εν υπομονη, Luk 8:15. Walk deliberately, and ponder the paths of thy feet, as Solomon bids, Pro 4:26. A Christian’s progress is as the sun, which shines more and more to the perfect day, Pro 4:18; and as the trumpet in Mount Sion, Exo 20:18, which sounded louder and louder till it was heard all the country over.
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Matthew Poole 1685 · Public Domain But Peter, who all along the Gospel appears to…
But Peter, who all along the Gospel appears to have been the boldest spirit, goeth into the cave, and seeth all the linen clothes lying there, and the napkin that was about his head lying by itself.
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John Gill 1763 · Public Domain Then cometh Simon Peter following him,.... In a very…
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 Luk 24:12.
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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.
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John Wesley 1765 · Public Domain Peter seeth the linen clothes lie - and the…
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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Adam Clarke 1810 · Public Domain Verse 6. Seeth the linen clothes lie] θεωπει: from…
Verse 6. Seeth the linen clothes lie] θεωπει: from θεαομαι, to behold, and οραω, to see - to look steadily at any thing, so as to discover what it is, and to be satisfied with viewing it.
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Robert Jamieson, A. R. Fausset & David Brown 1871 · Public Domain seeth the linen clothes lie--lying.
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.
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but wrapped--folded.
together in a place by itself--showing with what grand tranquillity "the Living One" had walked forth from "the dead" (Luk 24:5). "Doubtless the two attendant angels (Joh 20:12) did this service for the Rising One, the one disposing of the linen clothes, the other of the napkin" [BENGEL].
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The Cambridge Bible for Schools and Colleges 1878 · Public Domain 6. Then cometh, &c.] Better, Simon Peter therefore also…
6. Then cometh, &c.] Better, Simon Peter therefore also cometh; because S. John has remained standing there in awe and meditation. S. Peter with his natural impulsiveness goes in at once. Both Apostles act characteristically.
seeth] Or, beholdeth (theôrei). He takes a complete survey, and hence sees the ‘napkin,’ which S. John in his short look had not observed.
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Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers 1878 · Public Domain (6) And went into the sepulchre, and seeth the…
(6) And went into the sepulchre, and seeth the linen clothes lie.—Better, . . . beholdeth the linen clothes lie. The word is not the same as that in Joh_20:5, but expresses the close observation of the linen clothes by St. Peter, while St. John did but see them from without.
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The Pulpit Commentary 1880 · Public Domain Vers. 6, 7. John stood gazing, waiting, wondering, and,…
Vers. 6, 7. John stood gazing, waiting, wondering, and, while doing this, then cometh Simon Peter following him across the very garden which must have borne many marks of the dreadful tragedy that had been hurriedly terminated before the commencement of the sabbath. The expression, "following him," may refer to what Luke (Luk_24:12) says that Peter did, viz. that he too stooped down and looked as John had done. Westcott says, "without a look or pause." But why need we suppose a point-blank contradiction of Luke? Such a mode of entrance is almost unthinkable. But he did more: And entered into the sepulcher. How strangely impulsive this man! how characteristic of every other recorded action of Peter! There must have been a Peter who corresponded to the four- or five-fold portraiture of the evangelistic history. The last time that Peter saw his Lord was when a "look" of his cruelly insulted Friend and Master had broken his own heart; yet now he was rushing impulsively to gaze again upon that face with, so far as he knew, all the marks of infernal insult yet upon it. The contrast of character between John and Peter is everywhere maintained. John, in Joh_21:7, first recognizes the Lord; Peter hurries through the waters to fall once more at his feet. John is lost in silent meditations; Peter exclaims, and wonders. And he beholdeth (yewrei , with a closer and more careful, vivid, and instructive gaze, not merely blepei , the word used by John of his own conduct) the linen cloths lying, and the napkin (sudarium, schweisstueh) which was (had been) upon his head. He does not say whose head. How full the writer"s mind was of Christ! Not lying with the linen cloths, but separately in one place, rolled up, as if it had been folded up or wrapped together. (see for this use of cwriv , Aeschylus, "Again.," 623; Homer, "Iliad," h . 470 this is the only time that cwriv is thus adverbially used in the New Testament and see for entetuligmenon , present participle, Luk_23:53) It was clear, then, that the body had not been carried away for another burial, nor had it been hastily removed, seeing that there were signs of deliberation, choice, and care. All that was suggested by this wonderful appearance of the grave, all that it means to us, we cannot fathom. The new life has raiment of its own, belonging to a higher region of existence, woven in spiritual looms; yet the hands that unwound these bandages and head-cloth, and laid them as Peter and John saw them, were capable of physical exertions and activity. What dogmatic hints are involved in this recital! He is a living Person, not an abstract principle or vague force. There are evident proofs that, however great the change which had passed over him, the Living One was the same man that he had ever been.
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unfoldingWord translationNotes 2017 · CC BY-SA 4.0 linen cloths
linen cloths
These were the burial cloths that people had used to wrap the body of Jesus. See how you translated this in John 20:5.
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cloth that had been on his head
Here "his head" refers to "Jesus' head." You can translate this in an active form. AT: "cloth that someone had used to cover Jesus' face" (See: Active or Passive)
but was folded up in a place by itself
This can be stated in active form. AT: "but someone had folded it and put it aside, separate from the linen cloths" (See: Active or Passive)
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Tyndale Open Study Notes 2022 · CC BY-SA 4.0 20:6-7 What Peter and John found in the tomb…
20:6-7 What Peter and John found in the tomb was remarkable. The linen wrappings (19:40) were on the burial bench. Jews also used a facial cloth for burials (cp. 11:44), which was rolled, wrapped under the chin, and tied on the top of the head. The apostles found this face cloth folded up on the bench. John’s inclusion of these details counters any suggestion that grave robbers had taken Jesus’ body; such costly garments would have been stolen in a robbery.
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