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Joh 20:6. Τὰ ὀθόνια κείμενα, the linen clothes lying) Κείμενα, lying, is put before τὰ ὀθόνια in Joh 20:5; but τὰ ὀθόνια, the linen clothes, is put first in this passage, in antithesis to the napkin. The same participle, employed thrice, signifies, that these were not in a confused and hasty manner cast away. The angels without doubt ministered to Him at His resurrection; and one of them laid in order the linen clothes, the other the napkin. Comp. Joh 20:12, “One angel at the head (where the sudarium had been), the other at the feet.” For it is probable that the angels had already been there, although Peter and John had not seen them. Comp. Mat 28:2, “The angel of the Lord descended from heaven, and came and rolled back the stone from the door, and sat upon it” [which must have been before any disciple came to the tomb].