John 19:28-37

The Death of Jesus

28 After this, Jesus, knowing that all was now b finished, said ( v to fulfill the Scripture), c "I thirst." 29 A jar full of sour wine stood there, d so they put a sponge full of the sour wine on a hyssop branch and held it to his mouth. 30 When Jesus had received the sour wine, he said, e "It is finished," and he bowed his head and f gave up his spirit.

Jesus' Side Is Pierced

31 Since it was g the day of Preparation, and h so that the bodies would not remain on the cross on the Sabbath (for that Sabbath was i a high day), the Jews asked Pilate that their legs might be broken and that they might be taken away. 32 So the soldiers came and broke the legs of the first, and of the other j who had been crucified with him. 33 But when they came to Jesus and saw that he was already dead, they did not break his legs. 34 But one of the soldiers pierced his side with a spear, and at once there came out k blood and water. 35 l He who saw it has borne witness - m his testimony is true, and he knows that he is telling the truth - n that you also may believe. 36 o For these things took place that the Scripture might be fulfilled: p "Not one of his bones q will be broken." 37 And again another Scripture says, r "They will look on him whom they have pierced."

  1. Cross References
    John 19:30
    When Jesus had received the sour wine, he said, "It is finished," and he bowed his head and gave up his spirit.
  2. Cross References
    John 19:24
    So they said to one another, "Let us not tear it, but cast lots for it to see whose it shall be." This was to fulfill the Scripture which says, "They divided my garments among them, and for my clothing they cast lots." So the soldiers did these things.
  3. Cross References
    Psalms 69:21
    They gave me poison for food, and for my thirst they gave me sour wine to drink.
    John 4:6 - 7
    Jacob's well was there; so Jesus, wearied as he was from his journey, was sitting beside the well. It was about the sixth hour.
  4. Cross References
    Matthew 27:48
    And one of them at once ran and took a sponge, filled it with sour wine, and put it on a reed and gave it to him to drink.
    Mark 15:36
    And someone ran and filled a sponge with sour wine, put it on a reed and gave it to him to drink, saying, "Wait, let us see whether Elijah will come to take him down.
    Luke 23:36
    The soldiers also mocked him, coming up and offering him sour wine
  5. Cross References
    John 19:28
    After this, Jesus, knowing that all was now finished, said ( to fulfill the Scripture), "I thirst.
    Acts 13:29
    And when they had carried out all that was written of him, they took him down from the tree and laid him in a tomb.
    John 17:4
    I glorified you on earth, having accomplished the work that you gave me to do.
  6. Cross References
    Matthew 27:50
    And Jesus cried out again with a loud voice and yielded up his spirit.
    Mark 15:37
    And Jesus uttered a loud cry and breathed his last.
    Luke 23:46
    Then Jesus, calling out with a loud voice, said, "Father, into your hands I commit my spirit!" And having said this he breathed his last.
  7. Cross References
    John 19:14
    Now it was the day of Preparation of the Passover. It was about the sixth hour. He said to the Jews, "Behold your King!
  8. Cross References
    Deuteronomy 21:23
    His body shall not remain all night on the tree, but you shall bury him the same day, for a hanged man is cursed by God. You shall not defile your land that the Lord your God is giving you for an inheritance.
    Joshua 8:29
    And he hanged the king of Ai on a tree until evening. And at sunset Joshua commanded, and they took his body down from the tree and threw it at the entrance of the gate of the city and raised over it a great heap of stones, which stands there to this day.
    Joshua 10:26 - 27
    And afterward Joshua struck them and put them to death, and he hanged them on five trees. And they hung on the trees until evening.
  9. Cross References
    Exodus 12:16
    On the first day you shall hold a holy assembly, and on the seventh day a holy assembly. No work shall be done on those days. But what everyone needs to eat, that alone may be prepared by you.
  10. Cross References
    John 19:18
    There they crucified him, and with him two others, one on either side, and Jesus between them.
  11. Cross References
    1 John 5:6
    This is he who came by water and blood - Jesus Christ; not by the water only but by the water and the blood. And the Spirit is the one who testifies, because the Spirit is the truth.
    1 John 5:8
    The Spirit and the water and the blood; and these three agree.
  12. Cross References
    1 John 1:1 - 3
    That which was from the beginning, which we have heard, which we have seen with our eyes, which we looked upon and have touched with our hands, concerning the word of life -
    Revelation 1:2
    Who bore witness to the word of God and to the testimony of Jesus Christ, even to all that he saw.
    John 15:27
    And you also will bear witness, because you have been with me from the beginning.
  13. Cross References
    John 21:24
    This is the disciple who is bearing witness about these things, and who has written these things, and we know that his testimony is true.
  14. Cross References
    John 20:31
    But these are written so that you may believe that Jesus is the Christ, the Son of God, and that by believing you may have life in his name.
  15. Cross References
    Matthew 1:22
    All this took place to fulfill what the Lord had spoken by the prophet:
  16. Cross References
    Exodus 12:46
    It shall be eaten in one house; you shall not take any of the flesh outside the house, and you shall not break any of its bones.
    Numbers 9:12
    They shall leave none of it until the morning, nor break any of its bones; according to all the statute for the Passover they shall keep it.
    1 Corinthians 5:7
    Cleanse out the old leaven that you may be a new lump, as you really are unleavened. For Christ, our Passover lamb, has been sacrificed.
  17. Cross References
    Psalms 34:20
    He keeps all his bones; not one of them is broken.
  18. Cross References
    Exodus 12:46
    It shall be eaten in one house; you shall not take any of the flesh outside the house, and you shall not break any of its bones.
    Numbers 9:12
    They shall leave none of it until the morning, nor break any of its bones; according to all the statute for the Passover they shall keep it.
  19. Cross References
    Zechariah 12:10
    And I will pour out on the house of David and the inhabitants of Jerusalem a spirit of grace and pleas for mercy, so that, when they look on me, on him whom they have pierced, they shall mourn for him, as one mourns for an only child, and weep bitterly over him, as one weeps over a firstborn.
    Revelation 1:7
    Behold, he is coming with the clouds, and every eye will see him, even those who pierced him, and all tribes of the earth will wail on account of him. Even so. Amen.
  20. Cross References
    Zechariah 12:10
    And I will pour out on the house of David and the inhabitants of Jerusalem a spirit of grace and pleas for mercy, so that, when they look on me, on him whom they have pierced, they shall mourn for him, as one mourns for an only child, and weep bitterly over him, as one weeps over a firstborn.
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