John 20:7 BSB — MannaFest

John 20:7

The cloth that had been around Jesus’ head was rolled up, lying separate from the linen cloths.

BSB

Parallel translations (2) ▾

ASV

and the napkin, that was upon his head, not lying with the linen cloths, but rolled up in a place by itself.

KJV

And the napkin, that was about his head, not lying with the linen clothes, but wrapped together in a place by itself.

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Commentary

5 voices

Gregory the Dialogist

Forty Gospel Homilies, Homily 22 (604)

He saw the linen cloths lying there, and the cloth that had been over his head, not lying with the linen cloths but rolled up separately in one place. What do we believe it means, brothers, that the cloth from the Lord's head is not found with the linen cloths in the tomb, except that, as Paul attests, God is the head of Christ, and the incomprehensible mysteries of his divinity are separated from the knowledge of our weakness, and his power transcends the nature of creation?

The record, by era

The Puritans and the Awakening2 voices

John Gill

1697–1771

Exposition of the New Testament (1746-1748)

And the napkin that was about his head,.... The word σουδαριον, rendered "napkin", is thought to be originally Latin, and signifies an handkerchief, with which the sweat is wiped off the face, and so it is used in Act 19:12 but Nonnus says it is a common word with the Syrians, and the word סודרא is used in the Syriac version; and which he renders, κεφαλης ζωστηρα, "the girdle, or binding of the head", for with this the head and face of the dead person were bound; see Joh 11:

Matthew Henry

1662–1714

Commentary on the Whole Bible (1710)

Lazarus came out with his grave-clothes on, for he was to use them again; but Christ, rising to an immortal life, came out free from those incumbrances. Secondly, because he was going to be clothed with the robes of glory, therefore he lays aside these rags; in the heavenly paradise there will be no more occasion for clothes than there was in the earthly.

The Nineteenth Century2 voices

Adam Clarke

1762–1832

Commentary on the Bible (1832)

Wrapped together in a place by itself - The providence of God ordered these very little matters, so that they became the fullest proofs against the lie of the chief priests, that the body had been stolen away by the disciples. If the body had been stolen away, those who took it would not have stopped to strip the clothes from it, and to wrap them up, and lay them by in separate places.

Jamieson, Fausset & Brown

1802–1910

Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible (1871)

Peter therefore went forth, and that other disciple, and came first to the sepulchre--These particulars have a singular air of artless truth about them. Mary, in her grief, runs to the two apostles who were soon to be so closely associated in proclaiming the Saviour's resurrection, and they, followed by Mary, hasten to see with their own eyes.

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Original language & word study

20 tagged words

Original	Transliteration	Meaning	Word study
καὶ	kai	and	G2532 →
τὸ	to	the	G3588 →
σουδάριον	soudarion	soudarion	G4676 →
ὃ	ho	which	G3739 →
ἦν	ēn	was	G1510 →
ἐπὶ	epi	upon	G1909 →
τῆς	tēs	the	G3588 →
κεφαλῆς	kephalēs	head	G2776 →
αὐτοῦ	autou	of Him	G846 →
οὐ	ou	not	G3756 →
μετὰ	meta	with	G3326 →
τῶν	tōn	the	G3588 →
ὀθονίων	othoniōn	linen cloths	G3608 →
κείμενον	keimenon	lying	G2749 →
ἀλλὰ	alla	but	G235 →
χωρὶς	chōris	by itself	G5565 →
ἐντετυλιγμένον	entetuligmenon	folded up	G1794 →
εἰς	eis	in	G1519 →
ἕνα	hena	a	G1520 →
τόπον.¶	topon	place.	G5117 →

Rare words are the text's own signal of a deliberate thread: the fewer the occurrences, the more the places it appears belong together.

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Where the connections lead

Follow this verse’s cross-references two steps out. Each card is a verse this one points to, and beneath it the verses that one points to in turn. Where several different paths arrive at the same place, that place is listed first: the text keeps returning to it. Every stop shows its own words, and every stop is a page.

Through
John 11:44
The man who had been dead came out with his hands and feet bound in strips of linen, and his face wrapped in a cloth. “Unwrap him and let him go,” Jesus told them.
leads to
- John 5:25
  Truly, truly, I tell you, the hour is coming and has now come when the dead will hear the voice of the Son of God, and those who hear will live.
- John 11:25–26
  Jesus said to her, “I am the resurrection and the life. Whoever believes in Me will live, even though he dies.
- Philippians 3:21
  who, by the power that enables Him to subject all things to Himself, will transform our lowly bodies to be like His glorious body.
- Luke 7:15
  And the dead man sat up and began to speak! Then Jesus gave him back to his mother.
- John 5:21
  For just as the Father raises the dead and gives them life, so also the Son gives life to whom He wishes.

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The record, by era

Where the connections lead

Commentary

Original language & word study

The walk

Related verses

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About John