What Does John 20:7 Mean in the King James?
And the napkin, that was about his head, not lying with the linen clothes, but wrapped together in a place by itself.
The analysis reads the King James wording.
King James Version The King James Version, first published in 1611. Selah Verse shows the standard text.
THE KEY
The head cloth is marked as distinct twice: it is apart from the linen and remains wrapped in its own place.
THE MEANING
You are shown the head cloth apart from the linen, yet still wrapped in a place of its own; the detail makes absence concrete through arrangement. Separation and order stand together here, while the mystery itself remains unexplained.
THE ROOT
χωρίς
chōris
GROWS FROM
χωρ
chōr-
Space or region; χωρίς means apart or separately.
The KJV’s “by itself” can sound like mere solitude, but chōris marks separation in relation to the linen: the cloth is apart from it. The word family moves between space, separating, and separation, so the verse emphasizes distinct placement while the wrapping remains present.
ALSO GROWS
chōra: Region, land, or space
χώρα
It carries the spatial sense behind the cloth’s being in a place of its own.
chōrizō: To separate or part
χωρίζω
It gives the active form of the distinction that chōris describes here.
chōrismos: Separation
χωρισμός
It makes explicit the separating relation between the head cloth and the other linen.
THE PATTERN
A hidden transition becomes visible through what covers a person and how that covering changes.
Then took they the body of Jesus, and wound it in linen clothes with the spices, as the manner of the Jews is to bury.And he that was dead came forth, bound hand and foot with graveclothes: and his face was bound about with a napkin. Jesus saith unto them, Loose him, and let him go.Now Joshua was clothed with filthy garments, and stood before the angel. And he answered and spake unto those that stood before him, saying, Take away the filthy garments from him. And unto him he said, Behold, I have caused thine iniquity to pass from thee, and I will clothe thee with change of raiment.THE THREAD
And he that was dead came forth, bound hand and foot with graveclothes: and his face was bound about with a napkin. Jesus saith unto them, Loose him, and let him go.The Greek word translated “napkin” here, σουδάριον (soudarion), appears again for the cloth bound around Lazarus’s face. There it is part of what still binds a living person; here the same word names the head cloth set apart at the tomb.
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