John 20:5 - Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

Bible Comments

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

And he stooping down, [and looking in]. The supplement here should not be printed in Italics, as the one Greek word х parakupsas (G3879)] denotes both the stooping and the looking, as in John 20:11, and in 1 Peter 1:12 ('desire,' or 'stoop down, to look' into):

Saw (rather, 'seeth' [ blepei (G991 )]) the linen clothes lying; yet went he not in - held back probably by a reverential fear.

John 20:5

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