Bending down to look in, he saw the linen wrappings lying there, but he did not go in — the beloved disciple's hesitation (parakuptō, to bend down and peer) is crucial; he perceives the evidence without yet entering. The linen wrappings (othonia) lying there suggest the body passed through them rather than being unwrapped—a hint at the transformed nature of resurrection corporeality. His non-entry preserves a boundary between sight and faith.

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