John 11:44 - Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

Bible Comments

he that was dead. Greek. ho tethnekos, the dead man. Compare Luke 7:12.

graveclothes. Greek. keiriai. Only used here in N.T. In the Septuagint it is used in Proverbs 7:16, as the rendering of the Hebrew marebaddim. Originally it meant. bed-girth, and so any kind of wrapping. Here,. swathings.

napkin. Greek soudarion.. Latin word, sudarium, or sweat-cloth. Used only here, John 20:7; Luke 19:20, and Acts 19:12.

John 11:44

44 And he that was dead came forth, bound hand and foot with graveclothes: and his face was bound about with a napkin. Jesus saith unto them,Loose him, and let him go.