The history of the sudarium is well documented, and much more straightforward than that of the Shroud. These verses read as follows, "Simon Peter, following him, also came up, went into the tomb, saw the linen cloth lying on the ground, and also the cloth that had been over his head this was not with the linen cloth but rolled up in a place by itself." John clearly differentiates between this smaller face cloth, the sudarium, and the larger linen that had wrapped the body. Such a cloth is known to have existed from the gospel of John, chapter 20, verses 6 and 7. We are going to present and look into these claims. The remarkable thing about this cloth is that both tradition and scientific studies claim that the cloth was used to cover and clean the face of Jesus after the crucifixion. Only stains are visible to the naked eye, although more is visible under the microscope. One of the relics held by the cathedral in the town of Oviedo, in the north of Spain, is a piece of cloth measuring approximately 84 x 53 cm. The only references to this story that we found are from Internet postings and emails that seem to have originated in 2007.The cathedral in Oviedo where the sudarium is kept We did not find any Bible scholars who have used this story and illustration about the meaning of the folded napkin.Īdditionally we talked with a Jewish rabbi friend of ’s who has been a life-long Orthodox Jew, a Jewish scholar, and lives in Jerusalem, Israel, and he said he’d never heard of it We have checked numerous Bible study sources and have found nothing about this alleged Jewish custom of the folded napkins. The main meaning of John 20:7 is to convey that the cloth, which was placed over Jesus head or face at burial, was separate from the rest of his grave clothes. The bottom line is that there is not agreement that it was a table napkin and not agreement that it was neatly folded in any meaningful way. The Greek word is “entulisso,” which is from words that may mean to twist or to entwine. Others translated the word as “rolled up” (New American Standard Bible, American Standard Version, Revised Standard Version), or “wrapped together” (King James Version). Two of the translations used the word “folded” (New International Version, New King James Version). The other key word is “folded.” Was the burial cloth or napkin left folded in the tomb? It is used in the Greek for a towel or cloth, but not specifically a table napkin. The Greek word is saudarion, which comes from a Latin word for “sweat.” It connotes, for example, a towel for wiping sweat. Others translated it as a “burial cloth” (New International Version), a “handkerchief” (The New King James Version), or a “face-cloth” (New American Standard Bible). Three of them translated the cloth as a “napkin” (King James, American Standard, Revised Standard Version). We checked seven of the most respected translations of the Bible to see how the translators handled this verse. Here is how that verse is translated in one of the most widely-used versions of the Bible, the King James Version: “…and the napkin, that was about his head, not lying with the linen clothes, but wrapped together in a place by itself.” The story is based on the account of Jesus’ resurrection in John 20:7. The eRumor is based on whether the cloth was a “napkin” and was “folded” in the empty tomb of Jesus. The other is the alleged Jewish custom referenced in the story. One is the translation or interpretation of the Bible verse quoted. There are a couple of problems with this eRumor. The hidden message in the story is that by laying his “napkin” aside and neatly folded Jesus was saying he was coming back. If he folded it, he was not finished and would return. The Message in the Neatly Folded Napkin in Jesus’ Tomb- Fiction!Īccording to this forwarded email, the head covering over the body of Jesus Christ in the grave was a neatly “folded napkin.” It goes on to say that among Jews of the time a master would let his servants know whether he was finished eating or coming back to the table by the way he left his napkin.
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