What Did Peter See in the Tomb that Caused him to Believe?

In scanning the Gospel readings, I kept coming back to this reading from John. Luke also mentions this, but not in as great of detail.

So, what did Peter see in the tomb that caused him to believe in the risen Christ? Some rags? No, more than rags: the burial clothes of Christ!

by Ariel Ageman

The Sudarium of Christ

“So Peter and the other disciple went out and came to the tomb. 4 They both ran, but the other disciple ran faster than Peter and arrived at the tomb first; 5he bent down and saw the burial cloths there, but did not go in. 6^c When Simon Peter arrived after him, he went into the tomb and saw the burial cloths^* there, 7and the cloth that had covered his head, not with the burial cloths but rolled up in a separate place.^d 8Then the other disciple also went in, the one who had arrived at the tomb first, and he saw and believed. 9^* ^e For they did not yet understand the scripture that he had to rise from the dead (Jn 20:3-9).”

Luke says something similar at Chapter 24, verse 12: “But Peter got up and ran to the tomb, bent down, and saw the burial cloths alone; then he went home amazed at what had happened.”