John 20:6

6 Then, following him, Shim`on Kefa arrived, entered the tomb and saw the burial-sheets 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 They both ran, but the other talmid outran Kefa and reached the tomb first.

5 Stooping down, he saw the linen burial-sheets lying there but did not go in.

6 Then, following him, Shim`on Kefa arrived, entered the tomb and saw the burial-sheets lying there,

7 also the cloth that had been around his head, lying not with the sheets but in a separate place and still folded up.

8 Then the other talmid, who had arrived at the tomb first, also went in; he saw, and he trusted.