So this story is just something possibly someone made up.

There were no forks, no spoons and no knives on the table and certainly there was no table napkin.

They would usually recline on one side while eating with one hand. Much like the Japanese people would sit on the floor around a low table to dine or they would recline on couches or cushions around a low table to dine. It was proof that the tomb had not been robbed and His body had not been stolen, as some later claimed.īack in the days of Jesus, the Jews, the Persians, the Greeks and the Romans did not sit on upright chairs around the dining table with their legs underneath the table to dine as is portrayed by Leonardo Da Vinci’s famous painting, “The Last Supper”. John didn’t explain the meaning of the folded napkin in his gospel ( John 20:7) Personally I believe the Lord folded the napkin to show that His departure was an orderly and voluntary act. The only references to this story seem to be from internet postings and emails that appear to have originated in 2007.Īdditionally we talked with a Jewish rabbi friend of ’s who has been a life-long Orthodox Jew, a Jewish scholar, and lives in Jerusalem, Israel, and he said he’d never heard of it Numerous Bible study sources have been checked, but there is nothing about this alleged Jewish custom of the folded napkins. It has been rumored that folding the napkin at the table is a Jewish custom that means the person folding the napkin intends to return. Some versions of the Bible show napkin while others show burial cloth. The folded napkin meant, “I’m coming back!” Research on this story For in those days, the wadded napkin meant, “I’m finished.”īut 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 servant would then know to clear the table. 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 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. When the servant set the dinner table for the master, he made sure that it was exactly the way the master wanted it. The folded napkin had to do with the Master and Servant, and every In order to understand the significance of the folded napkin, you have to understand a little bit about Hebrew tradition of that day. He also noticed the linen wrappings lying there, while the cloth that had covered Jesus’ head was folded up and lying to the side. Then Simon Peter arrived and went inside. He stopped and looked in and saw the linen cloth lying there, but he didn’t go in. The other disciple out ran Peter and got there first. Peter and the other disciple ran to the tomb to see. She said, ‘They have taken the Lord’s body out of the tomb, and I don’t know where they have put him!’ She ran and found Simon Peter and the other disciple, the one whom Jesus loved. Why did Jesus Fold the Napkin? – Folded Napkin in the tomb of Jesus brings people to wonder why did Jesus fold the napkin? why did Jesus fold the burial cloth? on His Resurrection? Click To TweetĮarly Sunday morning, while it was still dark, Mary Magdalene came to the tomb and found that the stone rolled away from the entrance. The Bible takes an entire verse to tell us that the napkin was neatly folded, and placed at the head of that stony coffin. The Gospel of John (John 20:7) tells us that the napkin, or known as the burial cloth, placed over the face of Jesus, was not just thrown aside like the grave-clothes. Why did Jesus fold the napkin or known as the linen burial cloth after His resurrection? I never noticed this….

Cloth with jesus face