What Is Winding bands in the Bible?
Object
Strips of cloth used to wrap the body of a dead person before placing it in the tomb.
A detail
- Careful: here “bands” are strips of cloth, not groups of musicians.
Where it appears in the Bible
John 11:44
What the Bible says
John 11:44
And presently he that had been dead came forth, bound feet and hands with winding bands; and his face was bound about with a napkin. Jesus said to them: Loose him, and let him go.
Douay-Rheims Bible (Challoner revision), public domain.
Source: RAE, “faja”; John 11:44 (NABRE: “burial bands”)