The cloth in which the unprofitable servant wrapped the money of his lord (Lu 19:20); used to bind the face of the dead (Joh 11:44; 20:7); carried, possibly as indicated by the name (Lat. sudarium), to wipe off perspiration (Ac 19:12). The Arabic renders mand
And another came saying, Lord, behold, thy coin which I have placed in a napkin:
And the dead came out, bound feet and hands with bandages; and his face was bound with a napkin. Jesus says to them, Loose him, and let him retire.
And the napkin, which was upon his head, not lying with the linen bandages, but separately inwrapped in one place.
So that also upon the sick were brought from his body napkins or aprons, and diseases were removed from them, and evil spirits came out of them.