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and the cloth that was on his head, not lying with the linen cloths, but rolled up in a place by itself.
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Evidence of Order, Not Theft
Commentators unanimously highlight the orderly state of the tomb. The head-covering wasn't thrown aside but was neatly rolled up and placed separately. This deliberate care, as scholars like A.T. Robertson and John Gill note, strongly suggests the body wasn't stolen in a hurry. A thief would have been messy or taken the valuable cloths. The scene points to a calm, purposeful departure.
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The napkin (το σουδαριον). Already in 11:44 which see. This napkin for the head was in a separate place.
Rolled up …
19th Century
Anglican
And the napkin, that was about his head.—Compare Note on John 11:44.
Not lying with the linen clothes, but wrapped together...<…
Baptist
As one has well said, there were the grave-clothes left as the furniture for the believer's last bed, and there was the napkin, in a place by i…
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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…
16th Century
Protestant
And the napkin which was about his head. When the Evangelist says that a napkin was wrapped about his head, this refutes…
17th Century
Reformed Baptist
And the napkin that was about his head The word (soudarion) , rendered "napkin", is thoug…
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Presbyterian
If Christ gave his life a ransom and had not taken it again, it would not have appeared that his giving it was accepted as satisfaction. It was a g…
13th Century
Catholic
Having related the mysteries of Christ’s passion, the Evangelist now speaks of the resurrection. He explains that the resurrection was fi…
