John 20:5

Plain English Version

He bent down and looked into the cave, but he didn’t go inside. He only saw the long bits of cloth that Joseph and Nicodemus put around Jesus’s body.

Cross References

John 11:44

And Lazarus came out. There were still long bits of cloth around Lazarus’s arms and legs, and some cloth over his face. You see, people used to tie long bits of cloth around dead bodies to cover them up. Jesus said to the people there, “Take that cloth off him, so he can walk around.”

John 19:40

Together Joseph and Nicodemus put that cream all over Jesus’s body, then they wrapped it in long bits of cloth. That’s how the Jews buried their dead people.

John 20:11

But Mary stood outside the cave, and she was crying. Then she bent down and looked into it,

John 20:6

Then Peter got there, and he went inside the cave, and he also saw the bits of cloth.