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John 20:5

And he stooping down, and looking in, saw the linen clothes lying; yet went he not in.

KJV

καὶ παρακύψας βλέπει κείμενα τὰ ὀθόνια, οὐ μέντοι εἰσῆλθεν.

Greek NT

Et cum se inclinasset, vidit posita linteamina : non tamen introivit.

Vulgate

and stooping and looking in, he seeth the linen cloths lying; yet entered he not in.

ASV

And when he stooped down, he saw the linen cloths lying: but yet he went not in.

Douay-Rheims

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In the original Greek

9 distinct Greek words appear in this verse.

βλέπω
blepo
verb · 132×
εἰσέρχομαι
eiserchomai
verb · 195×
καί
kai
conjunction · 8973×
κεῖμαι
keimai
verb · 23×
μέντοι
mentoi
conjunction · 8×
οὐ
ou
particle · 1626×
παρακύπτω
parakupto
verb · 4×
ὀθόνιον
othonion
noun · 4×
o
article · 19778×

Historic Christian voices

4 passages from patristic writers, Reformers, and church catechisms citing this verse.

§640"Why do you seek the living among the dead? He is not here, but has risen."492 The first element we encounter in the framework of the Easter events is the empty tomb. In itself it is not a direct proof of Resurrection; the absence of Christ's body from the tomb could be explained otherwise.493 Nonetheless the empty tomb was still an essential sign for all. Its discovery by the …
2. But we speak God's wisdom in a mystery. What mystery? For surely Christ says, Matthew 10:27. ηκούσατε rec. text ἀκούετε What you have heard in the ear, proclaim upon the housetops. How then does he call it a mystery? Because that neither angel nor archangel, nor any other…

Cross-references

  • John 19:40 — Then took they the body of Jesus, and wound it in linen clothes with the spices, as the manner of the Jews is to bury.
  • John 19:40 — Then took they the body of Jesus, and wound it in linen clothes with the spices, as the manner of the Jews is to bury.
  • John 20:11 — But Mary stood without at the sepulchre weeping: and as she wept, she stooped down, and looked into the sepulchre,