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Posted: Tue Feb 02, 2010 1:46 am
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Why did Jesus fold the linen burial cloth after His resurrection? Have you ever noticed this?
The Gospel of John (20:7) tells us that the napkin, which was placed over the face of Jesus, was not just thrown aside like the grave clothes. The Bible takes an entire verse to tell us that the napkin was neatly folded, and was placed at the head of that stony coffin.
Early Sunday morning, while it was still Mark, Mary Magdalene came to the tomb and found that the stone had been rolled away from the entrance.
She ran and found Simon Peter and the other disciple, the one whom Jesus loved. She said, 'They have taken the Lord's body out of the tomb, and I don't know where they have put him!'
Peter and the other disciple ran to the tomb to see. The other disciple out ran Peter and got there first. He stopped and looked in and saw the linen cloth lying there, but he didn't go in.
Then Simon Peter arrived and went inside. He also noticed the linen wrappings lying there, while the cloth that had covered Jesus' head was folded up and lying to the side.
Was that important? Absolutely! Is it really significant? Yes!
In order to understand the significance of the folded napkin, you have to understand a little bit about Hebrew tradition of that day.
The folded napkin had to do with the Master and Servant, and every Jewish boy knew this tradition.
When the servant set the dinner table for the master, he made sure that it was exactly the way the master wanted it. The table was furnished perfectly, and then the servant would wait, just out of sight, until the master had finished eating, and the servant would not dare touch that table, until the master was finished.
Now if the master were done eating, he would rise from the table, wipe his fingers, his mouth, and clean his beard, and would wad up that napkin and toss it onto the table. The servant would then know to clear the table. For in those days, the wadded napkin meant, “I'm finished.”
But if the master got up from the table, and folded his napkin, and laid it beside his plate, the servant would not dare touch the table, because the folded napkin meant, "I'm coming back!"
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Posted: Tue Feb 02, 2010 2:21 am
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I'm Jewish, so the relevance or irrelevance to Jesus is immaterial to me, but I do have a fondness for ancient Hebrew customs, and I've never encountered this before. I'd be interested to see your documentation for this custom. "Documentation," that is, meaning "something from that time period which indicates that this is the custom 'now' (2000 years ago)," rather than a document written by a modern pastor who says it.
I'd also be interested to know when you (or whoever) made the leap from "this napkin was used at dinner" to "this napkin, which was used at dinner, also covered the head of the corpse." One of the laws of Jewish burial is that the linens used must be utterly clean; a dirty dinner napkin certainly wouldn't be appropriate.
And finally, I'm curious as to how an unemployed son of a carpenter, who begs for alms rather than making his own living as, say, a carpenter... becomes a master with a servant. As I understand Christian theology and scripture, which I admit is quite little, the elevation to 'master' didn't happen until after the death of the man, while in his life he was quite poor and without social standing.
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Eloquent Conversationalist
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Posted: Fri Feb 05, 2010 10:00 am
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Posted: Fri Feb 05, 2010 2:41 pm
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Posted: Fri Feb 05, 2010 3:46 pm
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Divash the elevation to 'master' didn't happen until after the death of the man,
exactly, which is why it would be especially appropriate for the christian theology for one who conquered death to proclaim masterhood by folding the burial napkin prior to leaving the tomb.
I Ceymore Ratz Ha ha, typical Jew. They don't want to accept Jesus was the son of God because they don't want to be known as the ones who killed the son of God They still belittle Christ and deny he's the son of God. Such arrogance is unbelievable.
This is too close to religion-bashing for me.
Pink Fregia Jesus never asked or begged man for anything. He went straight to the father to supply his needs.
Interesting belief. Perhaps you are right. I don't know that this is well documented. But Are you saying the Father changed his swaddling clothes and fed him? During his ministry, how did he earn his living?
/end critical mode.
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Posted: Fri Feb 05, 2010 4:30 pm
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Posted: Sat Feb 06, 2010 2:36 pm
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Posted: Sat Feb 06, 2010 2:42 pm
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Posted: Sat Feb 06, 2010 2:49 pm
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Posted: Sat Feb 06, 2010 3:31 pm
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Posted: Tue Feb 23, 2010 11:58 pm
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Posted: Wed Feb 24, 2010 12:04 am
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Posted: Sat Jan 29, 2011 4:50 pm
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Posted: Mon Jun 27, 2011 9:00 pm
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I Ceymore Ratz It was sent to me by e-mail, after I read her comment I looked on the net and found where the part about the folded napkin was put there by a Catholic and has no backing. Sorry ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- Ha ha, typical Jew. They don't want to accept Jesus was the son of God because they don't want to be known as the ones who killed the son of God They still belittle Christ and deny he's the son of God. Such arrogance is unbelievable. To say something so blatantly stupid though amazes me... that "an unemployed son of a carpenter, who begs for alms rather than making his own living" Where in the Bible does it say Christ begged for alms? That is fiction and innuendo by the Jews who had him murdered so they could continue using their churches and their form of religion to cheat people out of their money. The closest Christ came to begging was pleading with his father (GOD) for mercy and forgiveness for US. (Man)
You sir, give us Christians a bad name. Get off my internet and go sit in a corner.
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