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George Lamsa Translation

John 20:5

And he looked in and saw the linen cloths lying; but he did not enter in.

Bible Study Resources

Concordances:

- Nave's Topical Bible - Jesus, the Christ;   Jesus Continued;   John;   Linen;   Love;   Peter;   Thompson Chain Reference - Dead, the;   Mortality-Immortality;   Resurrection;  

Dictionaries:

- Bridgeway Bible Dictionary - John the apostle;   Mary;   Baker Evangelical Dictionary of Biblical Theology - Burial;   Grave;   Easton Bible Dictionary - Peter;   Resurrection of Christ;   Fausset Bible Dictionary - John the Apostle;   John, the Gospel According to;   Linen;   Holman Bible Dictionary - Footwashing;   Hour;   John;   John, the Gospel of;   Mary;   Tomb of Jesus;   Hastings' Dictionary of the Bible - John, Gospel of;   Hastings' Dictionary of the New Testament - Cave ;   Dress (2);   Linen (2);   Peter;   Morrish Bible Dictionary - Grave;   Mary Magdalene ;   People's Dictionary of the Bible - Chief parables and miracles in the bible;   Smith Bible Dictionary - John the Apostle;   John, Gospel of;  

Encyclopedias:

- International Standard Bible Encyclopedia - Linen;   Peter, Simon;   Kitto Biblical Cyclopedia - Burial and sepulchers;  

Devotionals:

- Every Day Light - Devotion for October 20;  

Parallel Translations

Christian Standard Bible®
Stooping down, he saw the linen cloths lying there, but he did not go in.
King James Version (1611)
And he stouping downe and looking in, saw the linnen clothes lying, yet went he not in.
King James Version
And he stooping down, and looking in, saw the linen clothes lying; yet went he not in.
English Standard Version
And stooping to look in, he saw the linen cloths lying there, but he did not go in.
New American Standard Bible
and he stooped to look in, and saw the linen wrappings lying there; however he did not go in.
New Century Version
He bent down and looked in and saw the strips of linen cloth lying there, but he did not go in.
Amplified Bible
Stooping down and looking in, he saw the linen wrappings [neatly] lying there; but he did not go in.
New American Standard Bible (1995)
and stooping and looking in, he saw the linen wrappings lying there; but he did not go in.
Legacy Standard Bible
and stooping and looking in, he *saw the linen wrappings lying there; but he did not go in.
Berean Standard Bible
He bent down and looked in at the linen cloths lying there, but he did not go in.
Contemporary English Version
He bent over and saw the strips of linen cloth lying inside the tomb, but he did not go in.
Complete Jewish Bible
Stooping down, he saw the linen burial-sheets lying there but did not go in.
Darby Translation
and stooping down he sees the linen cloths lying; he did not however go in.
Easy-to-Read Version
He bent down and looked in. He saw the pieces of linen cloth lying there, but he did not go in.
Geneva Bible (1587)
And he stouped downe, and sawe the linnen clothes lying: yet went he not in.
Good News Translation
He bent over and saw the linen cloths, but he did not go in.
Lexham English Bible
And bending over to look, he saw the strips of linen cloth lying there, though he did not go in.
Literal Translation
And stooping down, he saw the linens lying; however, he did not go in.
American Standard Version
and stooping and looking in, he seeth the linen cloths lying; yet entered he not in.
Bible in Basic English
And looking in, he saw the linen bands on the earth; but he did not go in,
Hebrew Names Version
Stooping and looking in, he saw the linen cloths lying, yet he didn't enter in.
International Standard Version
Bending over to look inside, he noticed the linen cloths lying there but didn't go in.John 19:40;">[xr]
Etheridge Translation
And looking, he saw the cloths lying, but entering he entered not.
Murdock Translation
And he looked in, and saw the linen cloths lying: but he did not go in.
Bishop's Bible (1568)
And when he had stowped downe, he sawe the linnen clothes lying, yet went he not in.
English Revised Version
and stooping and looking in, he seeth the linen cloths lying; yet entered he not in.
World English Bible
Stooping and looking in, he saw the linen cloths lying, yet he didn't enter in.
Wesley's New Testament (1755)
And stooping down, he saw the linen clothes lying; yet went he not in.
Weymouth's New Testament
Stooping and looking in, he saw the linen cloths lying there on the ground, but he did not go in.
Wycliffe Bible (1395)
And whanne he stoupide, he sai the schetis liynge, netheles he entride not.
Update Bible Version
and stooping and looking in, he sees the linen cloths lying; yet he did not enter in.
Webster's Bible Translation
And he stooping down, saw the linen cloths lying; yet he went not in.
New English Translation
He bent down and saw the strips of linen cloth lying there, but he did not go in.
New King James Version
And he, stooping down and looking in, saw the linen cloths lying there; yet he did not go in.
New Living Translation
He stooped and looked in and saw the linen wrappings lying there, but he didn't go in.
New Life Bible
He got down and looked in and saw the linen cloths but did not go in.
New Revised Standard
He bent down to look in and saw the linen wrappings lying there, but he did not go in.
J.B. Rotherham Emphasized Bible
and, stooping aside, beholdeth, lying, the linen-bandages, nevertheless, he entered not.
Douay-Rheims Bible
And when he stooped down, he saw the linen cloths lying: but yet he went not in.
Revised Standard Version
and stooping to look in, he saw the linen cloths lying there, but he did not go in.
Tyndale New Testament (1525)
And he stouped doune and sawe the lynnen clothes lyinge yet wet he not in.
Young's Literal Translation
and having stooped down, seeth the linen clothes lying, yet, indeed, he entered not.
Miles Coverdale Bible (1535)
and loked in, and sawe the lynnen clothes layed. But he wete not in.
Mace New Testament (1729)
where stooping down he saw the linen clothes lying; but did not go in.
Simplified Cowboy Version
Inside he could see the grave linens, but he didn't go in.

Contextual Overview

1 ON the first day of the week, early in the morning, while it was yet dark, Mary of Magdala came to the tomb; and she saw that the stone was removed from the tomb. 2 Then she ran and came to Simon Peter and to the other disciple whom Jesus loved, and she said to them, They have taken our Lord out of that tomb, and I do not know where they have laid him. 3 So Simon and the other disciple went out, and came to the tomb. 4 And they were both running together; but that disciple outran Simon, and came first to the tomb. 5 And he looked in and saw the linen cloths lying; but he did not enter in. 6 Then Simon came after him, and entered into the tomb; and he saw the linen cloths lying, 7 And the burial napkin which was bound around his head, was not with the linen cloths, but was wrapped up and put in a place by itself. 8 Then the other disciple who had come first to the tomb also entered in, and he saw and believed. 9 For they did yet not understand from the scripture, that he had to rise from the dead. 10 So the disciples went away again to their lodging place.

Bible Verse Review
  from Treasury of Scripure Knowledge

saw: John 11:44, John 19:40

Cross-References

Joshua 22:22
The LORD is the God of gods, the God of gods is the LORD, and he is our God, and he knows Israel and he knows us also; if we shall depart from him, or if we shall transgress against the worship of the LORD in doing this thing, then let him not save us this day.
1 Kings 9:4
And as for you, if you will walk before me, as David your father walked in integrity of heart and in uprightness, to do according to all that I have commanded you, and will keep my statutes and my judgments;
2 Kings 20:3
I beseech thee, O LORD, remember now how I walked before thee in truth and with a perfect heart, and have done that which is good in thy sight. And Hezekiah wept bitterly.
1 Chronicles 29:17
I know also, my God, that thou triest the heart, and hast pleasure in uprightness. As for me, in the uprightness of my heart I have sung all these praises; and now I have seen that thy people who are present here praise thee with a great joy, saying,
Job 33:9
I am blameless without transgressions, I am righteous; and there is no iniquity in me, and I am far removed from wickedness.
Psalms 7:8
The LORD shall judge the people; judge me, O LORD, according to my righteousness and according to the integrity that is in me.
Psalms 24:4
He who has clean hands and a pure heart; who has not sworn by his soul falsely, nor taken an oath deceitfully.
Psalms 25:21
The innocent and the upright have followed me because I have trusted in thee.
Psalms 26:6
I have washed my hands clean, and I have gone around thy altar, O LORD,
Psalms 73:13
As for me, I have cleansed my heart, and washed my hands in innocence.

Gill's Notes on the Bible

And he stooping down and looking in,.... That is, John; when he came to the sepulchre, stooped down to look into it, and see what he could see; he only went into the court, or stood upon the floor, where the bearers used to set down the bier, before they put the corpse into one of the graves in the sepulchre, which were four cubits lower; :-. Hence he was obliged to stoop down, ere he could see anything within: when he

saw the linen clothes lying; in which the body had been wrapped, but that itself not there:

yet went he not in; to the sepulchre itself, but waited in the court or porch, till Peter came; and perhaps might be timorous and fearful of going into such a place alone; the Arabic version reads it, "he dared not go in".

Barnes' Notes on the Bible

For an account of the resurrection of Christ, see the notes at Matthew 28:0.

John 20:9

The scripture - See Luke 24:26, Luke 24:46. The sense or meaning of the various predictions that foretold his death, as, for example, Psalms 2:7, compare Acts 13:33; Psalms 16:9-10, compare Acts 2:25-32; Psalms 110:1, compare Acts 2:34-35.

For an account of the resurrection of Christ, see the notes at Matthew 28:0.

Clarke's Notes on the Bible

Verse John 20:5. Went he not in. — Why? Because he was fully satisfied that the body was not there. But why did he not seize upon the linen clothes, and keep them as a most precious relic? Because he had too much religion and too much sense; and the time of superstition and nonsense was not yet arrived, in which bits of rotten wood, rags of rotten cloth, decayed bones (to whom originally belonging no one knows) and bramble bushes, should become objects of religious adoration.


 
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