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NASB | John 20:7 and the face-cloth which had been on His head, not lying with the linen wrappings, but rolled up in a place by itself. |
AMPLIFIED 2015 | John 20:7 and the [burial] face-cloth which had been on Jesus' head, not lying with the [other] linen wrappings, but rolled up in a place by itself. |
Bible Question: In John 20, when the Disciples came to the empty tomb, they found the burial clothes, with the "napkin" that covered Jesus' head folded neatly beside them. What is the significance of the napkin being folded, instead of, say, dropped on the ground, or wadded up and tossed to the side? |
Bible Answer: The napkin and the way it was “folded” The truth is Jesus didn't fold the napkin, he actually went through it. John 20:7 KJV And the napkin, that was about his head, not lying with the linen clothes, but wrapped together in a place by itself. Notice the difference between the KJV and the NASB versions. John 20:7 NASB and the face-cloth, which had been on His head, not lying with the linen wrappings, but rolled up in a place by itself. The Koine Greek word for “wrapped” is the word entulisso, Greek 1794, Strong’s entulisso, en-too-lis'-so; from Greek 1722 (en) and tulisso (to twist; probably akin to Greek 1507 (heilisso)); to entwine, i.e. wind up in wrap in (together). It was the burial custom to use a heaver cloth, or napkin material, to wrap the head of the one that was buried. It was much thicker and approximately 3” wide by our standard and held quite a bit more of the past mixture that was used to cover the wrappings of the one that died. When John got to the tomb, he was the first one there but he didn't look very well. The word BLEPO is used for look, it's where we get the word blip like on a radar screen, i.e. a quick look. John 20:6 Then cometh Simon Peter following him, and went into the sepulchre, and seeth the linen clothes lie, The word "seeth" in the Greek is, theoreo, Greek 2334, Strong’s theoreo, theh-o-reh'-o; from a derivative of Greek 2300 (theaomai) (perhaps by addition of Greek 3708 (horao)); to be a spectator of, i.e. discern, (literal, figurative [experience] or intensive [acknowledge]) behold, consider, look on, perceive, see. Compare Greek 3700 (optanomai). Peter was giving it the "CSI look for any clues" and he spotted the wrappings still rolled up in a ball. It's not recorded in scripture but he likely yelled out, "HA JOHN" come in here and look at this! The wrappings of napkin as it was called was still rolled in a ball the shape of Christ head and had likely rolled off of the flat stone that held the body of Jesus and the body wrap still laying flat due to lack of support, i.e. no body in it. There was no way that Jesus could have come out of those crisscrossed wrapping without tearing them apart but sure enough they were still intact with the small opening that was the location of Christ neck. It would be like you covering a balloon with paper dipped in plaster of Paris and covering all but a six inch diameter at the bottom then when it all dried popping the balloon with a pin. Jesus didn’t unwrap the grave clothes or napkin he actually went through them without disturbing them, faster then the twinkling of an eye. The result of the crisscrossed napkin being still wrapped as it had been when place on the head of Jesus brought about the firm belief of the resurrection to the disciples with utter shock. John 20:8-9 So the other disciple who had first come to the tomb entered then also, and he saw and believed. 9For as yet they did not understand the Scripture, that He must rise again from the dead. The word now used for “saw” means with full understanding from the Greek word, eido, Greek 1492, Strong’s eido, i'-do; a primary verb; used only in certain past tenses, the others being borrowed from the equivalent Greek 3700 (optanomai) and Greek 3708 (horao); properly to see (literal or figurative); by implication (in the perf. only) to know be aware, behold, can ( not tell), consider, (have) know (ledge), look (on), perceive, see, be sure, tell, understand, wish, wot. Compare Greek 3700 (optanomai). They sure believed when they saw the round ball still wrapped together with no head in it! They already believed in Christ, but now they believed in the resurrection, no if and or buts! I hope this helps, CDBJ |
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