John 20:6

6 Then Simon Peter also came following him, and he went into the tomb and saw the [strips of] linen cloth lying there,

John 20:6 Meaning and Commentary

John 20:6

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.

John 20:6 In-Context

4 And the two were running together, and the other disciple ran ahead, faster than Peter, and came to the tomb first.

5 And bending over to look, he saw the [strips of] linen cloth lying there, though he did not go in.

6 Then Simon Peter also came following him, and he went into the tomb and saw the [strips of] linen cloth lying there,

7 and the facecloth that was on his head--not lying with the [strips of] linen cloth, but folded up separately in one place.

8 So then the other disciple who had come to the tomb first also went in, and he saw and believed.