WORLD RELIGIONS

Detailed explanation-1: -Both were running, but the other disciple outran Peter and reached the tomb first. He bent over and looked in at the strips of linen lying there but did not go in. Then Simon Peter came along behind him and went straight into the tomb.

Detailed explanation-2: -The Two Disciples at the Tomb depicts an event from the Gospel of Saint John in which Peter and John arrive at Christ’s empty tomb. The bearded Peter looks downward with a somber gaze, but John appears transfixed, his face bathed in a golden light that signifies the presence of Christ’s spirit.

Detailed explanation-3: -First, it would have been a death penalty to go into a Roman sealed tomb, and he could only see partly into that dark cave. The word “saw” in the Greek is “blep-o.” This word is to “see” but not in detail. John could not see details because he was on the outside.