Then Simon Peter came, following him, and went into the tomb. He saw the linen cloths lying there,
There was no one thing of which the apostles were more concerned to produce substantial proof than the resurrection of their Master, 1. Because it was that which he himself appealed to as the last and most cogent proof of his being the Messiah. Those that would not believe other signs were referred to this sign of the prophet Jonas.
Commenting on John 20:1-10
Then cometh Simon Peter following him,.... In a very little time after him: and went into the sepulchre; itself, though not without first stooping down, as John did; see Luk 24:12. And seeth the linen clothes lie; as John did; and as by the mouth of two or three witnesses everything is confirmed, so was this; both saw the linen in which the body was...
seeth the linen clothes lie--lying. And the napkin, that was about his head, not lying with the linen clothes--not loosely, as if hastily thrown down, and indicative of a hurried and disorderly removal. but wrapped--folded. together in a place by itself--showing with what grand tranquillity "the Living One" had walked forth from "the dead" (Luk 24:5).