John 20:6

6 Therefore Simon Peter came following him, and he entered into the grave, and he saw the sheets laid,

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 they twain ran together [Forsooth they two ran together], and that other disciple ran before Peter, and came first to the grave.

5 And when he stooped, he saw the sheets lying, nevertheless he entered not [in].

6 Therefore Simon Peter came following him, and he entered into the grave, and he saw the sheets laid,

7 and the sudarium that was on his head, not laid with the sheets, but by itself wrapped into a place.

8 Therefore then [and] that disciple that came first to the grave, entered, and saw, and believed.