Grave Clothes

GRAVE CLOTHES

Author: Jim Fox

Greek – keira = winding sheet

Prepatory to burial, the body was washed, amd frequently annointed with spices, then stretched out on a bier until it was ready to be buried (Acts 5:7).

After the washing and annointing, the corpse was wrapped in a linen winding sheet, the hands and feet were bound with grave-bands, and the face covered with a napkin (John 11:44).

Greek- othone = a linen cloth, sheet, a swath, bandage

In John 19:40 in describing the burial of Jesus a different Greek word is used to describe the wrapping of Jesus’ body for burial than that used to describe how Lazarus was wrapped. The word here in John 19:40 is plural, so Jesus was wrapped with many cloths. Greek-sindon = a fine linen. In decribing the wrapping of Jesus’ body for burial in Matthew, Mark, and Luke the Greek word “sindon” is used. See Matt 27:59; Mark 15:46; Luke 23:53.

Source Material:
The Zondervan Pictorial Bible Dictionary Vine’s Expository Dictionary
Young’ Analytical Concordance
The Zondervan Parallel NT in Greek + English Zondervan Analytical Greek Lexicon

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