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
"Another came, saying, 'Master, here is your mina, which I kept put away in a handkerchief;
The man who had died came forth, bound hand and foot with wrappings, and his face was wrapped around with a cloth. Jesus said to them, "Unbind him, and let him go."
and the face-cloth which had been on His head, not lying with the linen wrappings, but rolled up in a place by itself.
so that handkerchiefs or aprons were even carried from his body to the sick, and the diseases left them and the evil spirits went out.
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