Neville Goddard on John 20:5-7 - Mystical Bible Interpretation

Read John 20 in context

Scripture Focus

5And he stooping down, and looking in, saw the linen clothes lying; yet went he not in.

6Then cometh Simon Peter following him, and went into the sepulchre, and seeth the linen clothes lie,

7And the napkin, that was about his head, not lying with the linen clothes, but wrapped together in a place by itself.

John 20:5-7

Biblical Context

Peter looks into the tomb, sees the linen clothes lying and the napkin folded apart; the scene signals a shift from old forms to a living, renewed sense of self.

Neville's Inner Vision

Think of the scene as your I AM peering into the tomb of a former self. The linen clothes are the habits of thought that have held you as a corpse in the old order; they lie passive, signaling that form has yielded to a higher truth. The napkin, wrapped and set apart, marks the separation of a memory from the person you are now willing to be. When you stoop down and look, you acknowledge the possibility of transformation; when Peter steps in, you acknowledge the living presence of that truth within consciousness. Resurrection, for you, is not a spectacle in space but a revision of what you believe is real. The moment you affirm that I AM is the author of your life, the old tomb dissolves, and you awaken to a life that matches your new sense of self. You do not seek life; you assume it and let the feeling of its reality travel through every cell of your being.