Expositor's Bible Commentary Commentary John 20:6

"Simon Peter therefore also cometh, following him, and entered into the tomb; and he beholdeth the linen cloths lying," — John 20:6 (ASV)

Peter, who by this time had arrived, had no such inhibitions and entered directly into the tomb. He also saw the graveclothes and observed that the headcloth was not lying with the other pieces but was rolled up in a place by itself. This means the headcloth still retained the shape that the contour of Jesus’ head had given it and that it was still separated from the other wrappings by a space that suggested the distance between the neck of the deceased and the upper chest, where the wrappings of the body would have begun. Peter must have been wondering why the graveclothes were left in this position if the body had been stolen. A robber would not have left them in good order. He would have stripped the body completely, leaving the clothing in a disorderly heap; or he would have taken the body, graveclothes and all.