John 18:32

John 18:32 in other versions

• King James Version (KJV)That the saying of Jesus might be fulfilled, which he spake, signifying what death he should die.
• New International Version (NIV)This took place to fulfill what Jesus had said about the kind of death he was going to die.
• English Standard Version (ESV)This was to fulfill the word that Jesus had spoken to show by what kind of death he was going to die.
• New King James Version (NKJV)that the saying of Jesus might be fulfilled which He spoke, signifying by what death He would die.

Context of John 18:32

30They replied, ‘We would not have brought him to you if he had done nothing wrong.’ 31Pilate said to them, ‘You yourselves take him away. You should judge him by your own laws.’ The Jewish leaders replied, ‘We do not have authority to kill anyone when they have done something bad.’ Jesus had already told people how he would die. These things happened to make his words become true. 33Pilate went back inside his palace. He told Jesus to come and stand in front of him. He asked Jesus, ‘Are you the king of the Jews?’ 34Jesus said, ‘Is that your own idea, or have other people spoken to you about me?’

John 18:32 word by word

ἵνα ὁ λόγος τοῦ Ἰησοῦ πληρωθῇ ὃν εἶπεν σημαίνων ποίῳ θανάτῳ ἤμελλεν ἀποθνῄσκειν.¶Read the interlinear

Words taken from the KJV.

• Thatἵναhina · in order that/toG2443
• the sayingὁho hē to · the/this/whoG3588
• the sayingλόγοςlogos · wordG3056
• of JesusἸησοῦςIēsous · JesusG2424
• might be fulfilledπληρόωplēroō · to fulfillG4137
• whichὅςhos hē ho · whichG3739
• he spakeλέγωlegō · to sayG3004
• signifyingσημαίνωsēmainō · to signifyG4591
• whatποῖοςpoios · what?G4169
• deathθάνατοςthanatos · deathG2288
• he shouldμέλλωmellō · to ensueG3195
• dieἀποθνήσκωapothnēskō · to dieG599

Cross-references for John 18:32

• John 3:14Long ago Moses lifted up the metal snake in the wilderness to save his people. In the same way, people must lift up the Son of Man on a cross.
• John 10:31Then the Jewish leaders picked up stones again to throw at Jesus so that they could kill him.
• John 12:32But when people lift me up from the ground, then I will bring everyone to myself.’
• Matthew 20:19Then they will take me and they will deliver me to people who are not Jews. They will laugh at me. They will hit me with whips. Then they will kill me on a cross. But after three days, I will become alive again.’
• Matthew 26:2‘You know that after two days it will be the time of the Passover festival. Then those people who are against me will put me into the power of the rulers. They will fix me, the Son of Man, to a cross to kill me.’
• Luke 18:32The Jewish leaders will deliver me to people that are not Jews. They will laugh at me. They will say bad things against me. They will spit at me.
• Luke 24:7He said, “It is necessary that someone should give the Son of Man into the power of bad men. They will kill him on a cross. But three days later he will become alive again.” ’
• Acts 7:59While the men were throwing stones at him, Stephen prayed, ‘Lord Jesus, please receive my spirit as I die.’
• Deuteronomy 21:23you must not leave it there during the night. Be careful to bury it on the same day that he died. If someone's body is hanging on a tree, it shows that God has cursed him. So do not leave it there. The Lord your God is giving the land to you so that it belongs to you. So do not let evil things spoil your land.
• Psalms 22:16Wicked people are everywhere around me. They are ready to attack me, like a group of wild dogs. They tear apart my hands and my feet.
• Galatians 3:13So God's Law shows that it is right for God to punish us. But Christ took that punishment away from us, because God punished him instead of us. It says in the Bible: ‘When people hang someone on a tree to kill him, it shows that God has cursed that person.’

Commentaries on John 18:32

• Adam Clarke Bible Commentary · v. 32That the saying of Jesus might be fulfilled - Or, thus the word was fulfilled. God permitted the Jews to lose the power of life and death, in the sense before stated, that according to the Roman laws, which punished sedition, etc., with the cross, Christ might be crucified, according to his own prediction: John 12:32, John 3:14.Read the comment
• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 32That the saying of Jesus … - To wit, that he would be delivered into the hands of the Gentiles and be crucified, Matthew 20:19. Neither of these things would have happened if he had been put to death in the way that the Jews first contemplated, Matthew 26:4. Though it should be admitted that they had the power, in religious cases, to do this, yet in such a case it would not have been done, as Jesus predicted, by the Gentiles; and even if it should be…Read the comment
• Matthew Henry Concise Commentary · v. 28-32Verses 28-32 It was unjust to put one to death who had done so much good, therefore the Jews were willing to save themselves from reproach. Many fear the scandal of an ill thing, more than the sin of it. Christ had said he should be delivered to the Gentiles, and they should put him to death; hereby that saying was fulfilled. He had said that he should be crucified, lifted up. If the Jews had judged him by their law, he had been stoned; crucifying never…Read the comment
• Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 31-32Pilate did not consider the charges convincing. So he told the Sanhedrin to judge Jesus by their own law. Pilate saw this as a Jewish argument, which he refused to investigate. However, the Jewish leaders insisted that execution was necessary. This fulfilled the prediction Jesus made about how he would die (see 12:32–33). The Jews would have used stoning, but the Romans used crucifixion. If Pilate sentenced Jesus, the Romans would hang Jesus on a cross to…Read the comment
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 29-3229-32. Pilate went out to them, and said, What accusation bring ye against this man?--State your charge.Read the comment

Topics related to John 18:32

• Jesus, the Christ
• Pilate, Pontius
• Priest
• Prisoners

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Commentaries on John 18

• Adam Clarke Bible Commentary
• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible
• Matthew Henry Concise Commentary
• Tyndale Open Study Notes
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary
• Calvin’s Commentaries
• John Wesley’s Notes
• Catena Aurea
• Illustrated New Testament
• Burkitt’s Expository Notes
• Darby Translation Notes
• Family Bible Notes
• Geneva Bible Translation Notes
• Kingcomments
• John Lightfoot Commentary
• Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary
• Matthew Henry’s Modern English Commentary
• The People’s New Testament
• Robertson’s Word Pictures
• Scofield Reference Notes, 1917 Edition
• The Fourfold Gospel and Commentary on Acts
• Seventh-day Adventist Bible Commentary
• EGW Writings