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This is kinda fun. From fellow Tangle user (formerly GodTube) Brother David Guard.
We read in John's account of the resurrection (ch 20:7) that whilst Yeshua's grave clothes were tossed aside, the cloth used to cover his face was carefully folded at the side of the slab where Yeshua lay.
Like me, a fundy who thinks no word or passage in the Bible is wasted, David explains an age-old, and well known Jewish 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 was 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 done'. 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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Interesting, I haven't heard this before.
I have heard the "napkin" was really his tallit. This seems plausible, but haven't seen evidence either way.
Yeah, I know. Like I said, kinda fun but I wouldn't build doctrine on it.
One thing's for sure. If John mentions it, there's bound to be a mystical meaning buried in the Jewishness of our scriptures!
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