STRONGS G3012:
λέντιον,
λεντιου,
τό (a Latin word,
linteum),
a linen cloth, towel (
Arrian peripl. mar. rubr. 4): of the towel or apron, which servants put on when about to work (
Suetonius, Calig. 26),
John 13:4f; with which it was supposed the nakedness of persons undergoing crucifixion was covered,
Ev. Nicod. c. 10; cf. Thilo, Cod. Apocrypha, p. 582f.
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