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
but another came and said, Lord, here's your money, which I laid up safe in a napkin.
and he that was dead came forth, his body wrapt in a winding sheet: and his face bound about with a napkin. loose him, said Jesus, and let him go.
as for the napkin that had been put about his head, it was not in the same place as the linen clothes, but lay folded up by it self.
or aprons that had touch'd his skin, to the distemper'd, they were cured, and the evil spirits came out of the possessed.