John 20:6

6 Simon Peter, therefore, cometh, following him, and he entered into the tomb, and beholdeth the linen clothes lying,

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 did run forward more quickly than Peter, and came first to the tomb,

5 and having stooped down, seeth the linen clothes lying, yet, indeed, he entered not.

6 Simon Peter, therefore, cometh, following him, and he entered into the tomb, and beholdeth the linen clothes lying,

7 and the napkin that was upon his head, not lying with the linen clothes, but apart, having been folded up, in one place;

8 then, therefore, entered also the other disciple who came first unto the tomb, and he saw, and did believe;