Wesley's Explanatory Notes
John 20:6
Peter seeth the linen clothes lie — and the napkin folded up — The angels who ministered to him when he rose, undoubtedly folded up the napkin and linen clothes.
Peter seeth the linen clothes lie — and the napkin folded up — The angels who ministered to him when he rose, undoubtedly folded up the napkin and linen clothes.
Verse John 20:6. _SEETH THE LINEN CLOTHES LIE_] θεωπει: from θεαομαι, _to_ _behold_, and οραω, _to see _- to _look steadily_ at any thing, so as to discover what it is, and to be _satisfied_ with view...
For an account of the resurrection of Christ, see the notes at Matthew 28. John 20:9 THE SCRIPTURE - See Luke 24:26,...
CHAPTER 20 _ 1. The Empty Sepulchre. (John 20:1 .)_ 2. The Risen One and Mary of Magdala. (John 20:11 .) 3. The Gathered Company and He in the midst. (John 20:19 .) 4. The Second Time. ...
JOHN 20. THE COMING OF THE RISEN LORD. John 20:1. The Empty Tomb. The gospel, as contrasted with the Appendix (John 20:21), follows what is now generally known as the Jerusalem tradition, which makes...
AND HE... SAW THE LINEN CLOTHES LYING. Though John reached the sepulcher first he was so awed that he did not enter in, but through the open door he saw the tomb to be empty, but linen clothes that Jo...
On the first day of the week, very early in the morning, while it was still dark, Mary from Magdala came to the tomb; and she saw the stone taken away from the tomb. So she ran and came to Simon Peter...
BEWILDERED LOVE (John 20:1-10)...
INTO. Greek. _eis._ App-104. SEETH. intently beholdeth. Greek. _theoreo._ App-133., LIE. lying....
_Then cometh_, &c. Better, _Simon Peter_ THEREFORE ALSO _cometh_; because S. John has remained standing there in awe and meditation. S. Peter with his natural impulsiveness goes in at once. Both Apost...
THE FIRST EVIDENCE OF THE RESURRECTION...
6. The result was a conviction, which nothing ever shook, that ‘the Lord had risen indeed’ and been present with them. All four accounts also agree in some of the details; 6. Both Apostles act charact...
Ver 1. The first day of the week comes Mary Magdalene early, when it was yet dark, to the sepulcher, and sees the stone taken away from the sepulcher. 2. Then she runs, and comes to Simon Peter, and t...
_THE RESURRECTION OF JESUS AND THE EMPTY TOMB -- JOHN 20:1-10:_ Mark records, "Now when Jesus was risen early the first day of the week, he appeared first to Mary Magdalene, out of whom he had cast se...
ΑΚΟΛΟΥΘΏΝ _praes. act. part. от_ ΆΚΟΛΟΥΘΈΩ (G190) следовать. Part, сопутствующего обстоятельства. _Praes._ указывает на одновременное действие, ΌΘΌΝΙΟΝ (G3608) саван. Это были льняные перевязи. Вероя...
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 r...
THE EMPTY TOMB _Text: John 20:1-10_ 1 Now on the first day of the week cometh Mary Magdalene early, while it was yet dark, unto the tomb, and seeth the stone taken away from the tomb. 2 She runnet...
EXPOSITION OF THE GOSPEL OF JOHN John 20:1-10 Below is an Analysis of the first section of John 20:— The resurrection of Christ was more than hinted at in the first Divine promise and prophecy (Gene...
Then cometh Simon Peter following him, and went into the sepulchre, and seeth the linen clothes lie, THEN COMETH SIMON PETER FOLLOWING HIM, AND - being of a bold, resolute character, he at once "w...
6 There is a blessed contrast between the resurrection of Lazarus and the vivification of our Lord. Lazarus saw corruption. Christ saw none. Lazarus was raised bound foot and hand with grave clothes a...
THE RESURRECTION 1-10. The Resurrection. Visits of Mary Magdalene, and of Peter and John to the tomb of Jesus. (For the Resurrection appearances see on the synoptics, especially on St. Matthew; for th...
JOHN TELLS THE GOOD NEWS ABOUT JESUS GOSPEL OF JOHN _MARION ADAMS_ CHAPTER 20 THE GRAVE IS EMPTY! 20:1-10 V1 On Sunday morning, Mary (who was from Magdala) went to the grave. It was very early a...
AND WENT INTO THE SEPULCHRE, AND SEETH THE LINEN CLOTHES LIE. — Better,... _beholdeth the linen clothes lie._ The word is not the same as that in John 20:5, but expresses the close observation of the...
XXII. _ THE RESURRECTION._ "Now on the first day of the week cometh Mary Magdalene early, while it was yet dark, unto the tomb, and seeth the stone taken away from the tomb. She runneth therefore, and...
_The empty tomb_....
Peter is not so withheld. He enters καὶ θεωρεῖ τὰ ὀθόνια … τόπον. θεωρεῖ is probably used here in its stricter sense of seeing so as to draw conclusions....
THE WITNESS OF THE EMPTY TOMB John 20:1-10 In considering John's account of the Resurrection, we should remember that it is largely supplementary to the other narratives. This Gospel having been writ...
This is the story of a dark morning and a lost Master. The strange excitement of it all is evidenced by the fact that the three disciples named are all seen running. Mary ran to tell the disciples, an...
“ _And they ran both together; and the other disciple ran more quickly than Peter, and he came first to the sepulchre;_ 5, _and, stooping down, he sees the linen cloths lying on the ground;yet he did...
1. JOHN 20:1-10. The entire first part of this section tends towards the words of John 20:8: “ _And he saw and believed._ ” After this, the appearance of Jesus to Mary Magdalene makes the latter the...
ADDITIONAL NOTES BY THE AMERICAN EDITOR. Vv. 1-18. 1. The other women who are represented in the Synoptics as going with Mary Magdalene to the sepulchre are not mentioned here, and the appearance to...
FIFTH PART: 20:1-29. THE RESURRECTION. The fourth part of the Gospel has shown us the Jewish people carrying _unbelief_ with reference to Jesus even to complete apostasy, and consummating this spirit...
The first day of the week cometh Mary Magdalene early, when it was yet dark unto the sepulchre, and seeth the stone taken away from the sepulchre. (2) Then she runneth, and cometh to Simon Peter, and...
In John 20:1-31 is the resurrection, and this in a remarkable light. No such outward circumstance is here as in Matthew, no soldiers trembling, no walk with disciples, but as ever the person of God's...
_THE TESTIMONY OF THE GRAVE-CLOTHES_ ‘He beholdeth the linen cloths lying, and the napkin, that was upon His head, not lying with the linen cloths, but rolled up in a place by itself. John 20:6 (R.V...
In chapter 20, we have, in a summary of several of the leading facts among those which took place after the resurrection of Jesus, a picture of all the consequences of that great event, in immediate c...
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 LI...
Then cometh Simon Peter following him, and went into the sepulchre, and seeth the linen clothes lie, Ver. 6. _Following him and went in_] John came first; Peter entered first: "soft and fair goes far...
_The first day of the week cometh Mary Magdalene alone early, when it was yet dark_ See notes on Matthew 28:1; Mark 16:1; Luke 24:1; where the circumstance of John's mentioning only Mary Magdalene as...
THEN COMETH SIMON PETER, FOLLOWING HIM, AND WENT INTO THE SEPULCHER, AND SEETH THE LINEN CLOTHES LIE,...
Peter and John at the grave:...
THE GRAVE: OPEN AND EMPTY! (vs.1-10) Though others besides Mary of Magdala went together to the grave early on the first day of the week, yet in John she is singled out, a woman devoted, but incredu...
1-10 If Christ gave his life a ransom, and had not taken it again, it would not have appeared that his giving it was accepted as satisfaction. It was a great trial to Mary, that the body was gone. We...
Ver. 6,7. But Peter, who all along the Gospel appears to have been the boldest spirit, goeth into the cave, and seeth all the linen clothes lying there, and the napkin that was about his head lying by...
‘Simon Peter also therefore comes, following him, and went into the tomb, and he sees the linen cloths lying there, and the napkin that was on his head, not lying with the linen cloths, but rolled up...
MARY MAGDALENE FINDS THE TOMB HAS BEEN OPENED AND CALLS ON PETER AND JOHN (JOHN 20:1)....
John 20:6-7. SIMON PETER THEREFORE ALSO COMETH FOLLOWING HIM; AND HE WENT INTO THE SEPULCHRE, AND BEHOLDETH THE LINEN CLOTHS LYING, AND THE NAPKIN THAT WAS UPON HIS HEAD NOT LYING WITH THE LINEN CLOTH...
The victory of Jesus over His enemies, in the midst of apparent defeat, is still the subject before us. The preceding chapter had closed with the statement that He was laid in the tomb: when the narra...
ENTERED AND BEHOLDETH (εισηλθεν κα θεωρε). Aorist active and present active indicative. Peter impulsively went on in and beholds (θεωρε, vivid term again, but of careful notice, θεωρεω, not a mere...
John 20:1. _The first day of the week cometh Mary Magdalene early, when it was yet dark, unto the sepulcher, and seeth the stone taken away from the sepulcher._ Her love for her Lord made her rise e...
CONTENTS: Resurrection of Christ. CHARACTERS: Mary Magdalene, Peter, John, two angels, Jesus, disciples, Thomas. CONCLUSION: He who gave His life as a ransom resumed His life again by the mighty pow...
John 20:2. _They have taken away the Lord out of the sepulchre._ After Mr. WEST had examined with all possible care every circumstance recorded of the resurrection, he in substance remarks, that John...
HE SAW THE LINEN CLOTHS LYING THERE. This argues against anyone having stolen the body. It would take time to carefully fold the linen cloths and the cloth that had been around Jesus! head....
_The first day of the week cometh Mary Magdalene … unto the sepulchre_ THE SEPULCHRE There were more common and more noble sepulchres. The common were in public burying places without the city. And...
JOHN—NOTE ON JOHN 20:1 Chapter John 20:1 covers the aftermath of Jesus’ crucifixion and burial: the empty tomb, the risen Jesus’ encounter with Mary Magdalene, and Jesus’ appearances to his disciples...
JOHN—NOTE ON JOHN 20:6 THE LINEN CLOTHS LYING THERE are clear evidence that Jesus’ body had not been taken by grave robbers or by his disciples (see Matthew 27:62;...
Jesus rises from the dead Matthew 28:1-10; Mark 16:1-11; Luke 24:1-12; John 20:1-18;...
_Then cometh Simon Peter following him, and went into the sepulchre._ Peter (says S. Chrysostom) entered with ardour, and carefully inspected everything. For the soldiers who guarded the tomb, when th...
28-31 CHAPTER 20 VER. 1. _On the first day of the week._ Literally, of the Sabbath, the week being called the Sabbath, after its principal day, or the day of the Pasch. (see on Mat 28:1) _Mary Magda...
_EXPLANATORY AND CRITICAL NOTES_ St. John’s narrative of the Resurrection is not general. He describes how _faith_ in the risen Lord was established in his own case and in the case of the other discip...
EXPOSITION JOHN 20:1 2. The complete glorification of Jesus in his resurrection. The record pauses for the awful day of that great sabbath, and resumes the marvelous recital when the greatest event i...
Shall we turn in our Bibles now to the gospel according to John, chapter 20. The first day of the week cometh Mary Magdalene early, when it was yet dark, unto the sepulchre, and she saw the stone was...
John 18:17; John 18:25; John 21:15; John 21:7; John 6:67;...
THE RESURRECTION OF CHRIST John 20:1 INTRODUCTORY WORDS 1. The linen clothes. Before we discuss the resurrection with you, we want you to consider with us the manner in which Christ was wrapped arou...