Then Simon Peter came, following him, and went into the tomb. He saw the linen cloths lying there, and the face cloth, which had been on Jesus ' head, not lying with the linen cloths but folded up in a place by itself. (John 20:6-7 ESV)I propose that there are two exegetical implications for this passage:
1: Making one's bed is entirely unnecessary.
Now of course some will protest that Jesus wasn't going to sleep there again and so this principle isn't transferrable to non-necrotic settings. This, I propose, is negated by Jesus' knowledge that the angels and even some disciples would see the tomb in its unkempt state. If Jesus is happy to have beings, spiritual and corporeal, witness his room in a certain state then I'm happy to leave my room in that state while it's private. (This also provides assurance that if an angel did visit my room through the day that it'd be cool.)
2: You do need to have your pillow in its correct spot.
Now in saying this, I'm not suggesting that one needs to do this oneself. From the passage it's impossible to tell whether Jesus folded the face cloth, or whether his angelic minions did that for him. Hooking up some sort of spiritual housemaid would be heaps cool. But, failing this, you should probably pick your pillow up off the floor.
Does anyone else have any more neglected exegetical principles from the resurrection accounts?