Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible - John 20:6
6-7. seeth the linen clothes lie—lying. And the napkin, that was about his head, not lying with the linen clothes—not loosely, as if hastily thrown down, and indicative of a hurried and disorderly removal. but wrapped—folded. together in a place by itself—showing with what grand tranquillity "the Living One" had walked forth from "the dead" ( :-). "Doubtless the two attendant angels ( :-) did this service for the Rising One, the one disposing of the linen clothes, the other of the napkin"... read more
Thomas Coke Commentary on the Holy Bible - John 20:6-7
John 20:6-7. Simon Peter—went into the sepulchre, and seeth, &c.— These circumstances were very awakening, and very proper to prepare the minds of the disciples for something extraordinary, since nothing but the resurrection of Jesus could in right reason be concluded from them. The body they saw was gone; but by whom could it be taken away, and for what purpose? Not by friends; for then, in all probability, they would have known something about it. Not by the Jews; for they had nothing to... read more