John 19:30

John 19:30 in other versions

• King James Version (KJV)When Jesus therefore had received the vinegar, he said, It is finished: and he bowed his head, and gave up the ghost.
• New International Version (NIV)When he had received the drink, Jesus said, “It is finished.” With that, he bowed his head and gave up his spirit.
• New King James Version (NKJV)So when Jesus had received the sour wine, He said, “It is finished!” And bowing His head, He gave up His spirit.
• New Living Translation (NLT)When Jesus had tasted it, he said, “It is finished!” Then he bowed his head and gave up his spirit.

Context of John 19:30

28After this, Jesus, knowing that all was now finished, said (to fulfill the Scripture), "I thirst." 29A jar full of sour wine stood there, so they put a sponge full of the sour wine on a hyssop branch and held it to his mouth. When Jesus had received the sour wine, he said, "It is finished," and he bowed his head and gave up his spirit. 31Since it was the day of Preparation, and so that the bodies would not remain on the cross on the Sabbath (for that Sabbath was a high day), the Jews asked Pilate that their legs might be broken and that they might be taken away. 32So the soldiers came and broke the legs of the first, and of the other who had been crucified with him.

John 19:30 word by word

ὅτε οὖν ἔλαβεν τὸ ὄξος ὁ Ἰησοῦς εἶπεν· τετέλεσται. καὶ κλίνας τὴν κεφαλὴν παρέδωκεν τὸ πνεῦμα.¶Read the interlinear

Words taken from the KJV.

• Whenὅτεhote ho te hē te tō te · whenG3753
• Jesusὁho hē to · the/this/whoG3588
• JesusἸησοῦςIēsous · JesusG2424
• thereforeοὖνoun · therefore/thenG3767
• had receivedλαμβάνωlambanō · to takeG2983
• the vinegarὄξοςoxos · vinegarG3690
• he saidλέγωlegō · to sayG3004
• It is finishedτελέωteleō · to finishG5055
• andκαίkai · andG2532
• he bowedκλίνωklinō · to bow/lay downG2827
• his headκεφαλήkephalē · headG2776
• and gave upπαραδίδωμιparadidōmi · to deliverG3860
• the ghostπνεῦμαpneuma · spirit/breath: spiritG4151

Cross-references for John 19:30

• John 19:28After this, Jesus, knowing that all was now finished, said (to fulfill the Scripture), "I thirst."
• John 4:34Jesus said to them, "My food is to do the will of him who sent me and to accomplish his work.
• John 17:4I glorified you on earth, having accomplished the work that you gave me to do.
• Genesis 3:15I will put enmity between you and the woman, and between your offspring and her offspring; he shall bruise your head, and you shall bruise his heel."
• Psalms 22:15my strength is dried up like a potsherd, and my tongue sticks to my jaws; you lay me in the dust of death.
• Isaiah 53:10Yet it was the will of the Lord to crush him; he has put him to grief; when his soul makes an offering for guilt, he shall see his offspring; he shall prolong his days; the will of the Lord shall prosper in his hand.
• Daniel 9:24"Seventy weeks are decreed about your people and your holy city, to finish the transgression, to put an end to sin, and to atone for iniquity, to bring in everlasting righteousness, to seal both vision and prophet, and to anoint a most holy place.
• Zechariah 13:7"Awake, O sword, against my shepherd, against the man who stands next to me," declares the Lord of hosts. "Strike the shepherd, and the sheep will be scattered; I will turn my hand against the little ones.
• Matthew 3:15But Jesus answered him, "Let it be so now, for thus it is fitting for us to fulfill all righteousness." Then he consented.
• Romans 3:25whom God put forward as a propitiation by his blood, to be received by faith. This was to show God's righteousness, because in his divine forbearance he had passed over former sins.
• Romans 10:4For Christ is the end of the law for righteousness to everyone who believes.
• 1 Corinthians 5:7Cleanse out the old leaven that you may be a new lump, as you really are unleavened. For Christ, our Passover lamb, has been sacrificed.
• Colossians 2:14by canceling the record of debt that stood against us with its legal demands. This he set aside, nailing it to the cross.
• Hebrews 9:11But when Christ appeared as a high priest of the good things that have come, then through the greater and more perfect tent (not made with hands, that is, not of this creation)
• Hebrews 10:1For since the law has but a shadow of the good things to come instead of the true form of these realities, it can never, by the same sacrifices that are continually offered every year, make perfect those who draw near.
• Hebrews 12:2looking to Jesus, the founder and perfecter of our faith, who for the joy that was set before him endured the cross, despising the shame, and is seated at the right hand of the throne of God.

Commentaries on John 19:30

• Adam Clarke Bible Commentary · v. 30It is finished - As if he had said: "I have executed the great designs of the Almighty - I have satisfied the demands of his justice - I have accomplished all that was written in the prophets, and suffered the utmost malice of my enemies; and now the way to the holy of holies is made manifest through my blood." An awful, yet a glorious finish. Through this tragical death God is reconciled to man, and the kingdom of heaven opened to every believing soul…Read the comment
• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 28-30Verses 28-30 See the notes at Matthew 27:46-50. That the scripture might be fulfilled, saith, I thirst - See Psalm 69:21. Thirst was one of the most distressing circumstances attending the crucifixion. The wounds were highly inflamed, and a raging fever was caused, usually, by the sufferings on the cross, and this was accompanied by insupportable thirst. See the notes at Matthew 27:35. A Mameluke, or Turkish officer, was crucified, it is said in an Arabic…Read the comment
• Matthew Henry Concise Commentary · v. 19-30Verses 19-30 Here are some remarkable circumstances of Jesus' death, more fully related than before. Pilate would not gratify the chief priests by allowing the writing to be altered; which was doubtless owing to a secret power of God upon his heart, that this statement of our Lord's character and authority might continue. Many things done by the Roman soldiers were fulfilments of the prophecies of the Old Testament. All things therein written shall be…Read the comment
• Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 30Jesus called out in triumph and exhaustion that he had finished the work he set out to do. On the cross he was not a victim, but a servant doing God’s bidding.Read the comment
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 28-3028-30. After this, Jesus knowing that all things were now accomplished--that is, the moment for the fulfilment of the last of them; for there was one other small particular, and the time was come for that too, in consequence of the burning thirst which the fevered state of His frame occasioned (Psa 22:15). that the scripture--(Psa 69:21). might be fulfilled saith, I thirst. Now there was set a vessel full of vinegar--on the offer of the soldiers' vinegar…Read the comment

Topics related to John 19:30

• Death
• Jesus Continued
• Jesus, the Christ
• Salvation

In the dictionaries

• Jesus
• Jesus, Jesus Christ, Christ Jesus
• Crucifixion
• Ghost
• Humiliation of Christ
• Thenceforth
• Writing
• Finish
• Jesus Christ
• John, Gospel of

Commentaries on John 19

• 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
• Original Douay–Rheims Annotations
• Seventh-day Adventist Bible Commentary
• EGW Writings