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John 20:5–7

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John 20:5

5And he stooping down, and looking in, saw the linen clothes lying; yet went he not in.

John 20:6

6Then cometh Simon Peter following him, and went into the sepulchre, and seeth the linen clothes lie,

John 20:7

7And the napkin, that was about his head, not lying with the linen clothes, but wrapped together in a place by itself.

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DEFINED WORDS

John 20:5

MEANING IN THIS VERSE

stooping

Bending the body forward; yielding; submitting; condescending; inclining.

Meaning drawn from: Webster 1828 · KJV usage (PCE + 1611)

APPROVED COMBINED MEANING

linen

Cloth made of flax or hemp. Resembling linen cloth; white; pale.

Meaning drawn from: Webster 1828 · Webster 1828 (independently verified transcription) · Strong 1890 (KJV alignment witness) · KJV usage (PCE)

APPROVED COMBINED MEANING

clothes

Garments, dress, or cloth coverings and wrappings worn on or around the body.

Meaning drawn from: Webster 1828 (facsimile-linked witness) · Strong's Exhaustive Concordance 1890 (occurrence-specific) · KJV usage (PCE)

DEFINED WORDS

John 20:6

APPROVED COMBINED MEANING

seeth

To perceive with the eyes; to behold, observe, understand, consider, experience, or take heed, according to context.

Meaning drawn from: Approved KJV word-family definition · Strong 1890 (KJV alignment witness) · KJV usage (PCE)

APPROVED COMBINED MEANING

linen

Cloth made of flax or hemp. Resembling linen cloth; white; pale.

Meaning drawn from: Webster 1828 · Webster 1828 (independently verified transcription) · Strong 1890 (KJV alignment witness) · KJV usage (PCE)

APPROVED COMBINED MEANING

clothes

Garments, dress, or cloth coverings and wrappings worn on or around the body.

Meaning drawn from: Webster 1828 (facsimile-linked witness) · Strong's Exhaustive Concordance 1890 (occurrence-specific) · KJV usage (PCE)

APPROVED COMBINED MEANING

lie

To recline, rest, remain, or be situated; also, to speak falsely or a falsehood.

Meaning drawn from: KJV usage (PCE + 1611)

DEFINED WORDS

John 20:7

APPROVED COMBINED MEANING

about

Around, concerning, near, or engaged in; on every side or approximately, according to context.

Meaning drawn from: KJV usage (PCE + 1611)

APPROVED COMBINED MEANING

head

The upper part of the body; a chief, source, summit, or leading position.

Meaning drawn from: KJV usage (PCE + 1611)

APPROVED COMBINED MEANING

linen

Cloth made of flax or hemp. Resembling linen cloth; white; pale.

Meaning drawn from: Webster 1828 · Webster 1828 (independently verified transcription) · Strong 1890 (KJV alignment witness) · KJV usage (PCE)

APPROVED COMBINED MEANING

clothes

Garments, dress, or cloth coverings and wrappings worn on or around the body.

Meaning drawn from: Webster 1828 (facsimile-linked witness) · Strong's Exhaustive Concordance 1890 (occurrence-specific) · KJV usage (PCE)

MEANING IN THIS VERSE

but

But; marking a contrast or qualification in the sentence.

Meaning drawn from: Skeat 1893 · KJV usage (PCE + 1611)

APPROVED COMBINED MEANING

together

In one place, company, time, purpose, or united condition.

Meaning drawn from: KJV usage (PCE + 1611) · Webster 1828 · Strong 1890 (KJV alignment witness)

APPROVED COMBINED MEANING

place

A location, position, room, occasion, office, or passage, according to context.

Meaning drawn from: KJV usage (PCE + 1611)

APPROVED COMBINED MEANING

itself

The reflexive or emphatic pronoun referring to a thing already named.

Meaning drawn from: Webster 1828 · KJV usage (PCE + 1611)

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From verse 5

  1. John 19:40
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  2. John 11:44
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  3. John 20:11
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From verse 6

  1. Luke 22:31–32
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  2. John 18:17
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  3. John 18:25–27
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  4. John 21:15–17
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  5. John 21:7
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From verse 7

  1. John 11:44
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