And the napkin, that was about his head, not lying with the linen clothes, but wrapped together in a place by itself.
Ver. 7. And the napkin that was about his head] These grave clothes were evidences of our Saviour's resurrection, and are therefore mentioned by the evangelist. But what shift made Paleottus, Archbishop of Bonony, for matter, who wrote a great book of the shadow of Christ's dead body in the sindon or linen cloth, wherein it was wrapped! This book was also commented upon by the professor of divinity there. Had not these men little to do? Did they not, as one saith,
" Magno conatu magnas nugas agere?
Tenet insanabile multos-Seribendi Cacoethes. "