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.
• English Standard Version (ESV)When Jesus had received the sour wine, he said, "It is finished," and 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.

Context of John 19:30

28After this Jesus, realizing that by this time everything was completed, said (in order to fulfill the scripture), “I am thirsty!” 29A jar full of sour wine was there, so they put a sponge soaked in sour wine on a branch of hyssop and lifted it to his mouth. When he had received the sour wine, Jesus said, “It is completed!” Then he bowed his head and gave up his spirit. 31Then, because it was the day of preparation, so that the bodies should not stay on the crosses on the Sabbath (for that Sabbath was an especially important one), the Jewish leaders asked Pilate to have the victims’ legs broken and the bodies taken down. 32So the soldiers came and broke the legs of the two men who had been crucified with Jesus, first the one and then the other.

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, realizing that by this time everything was completed, said (in order to fulfill the scripture), “I am thirsty!”
• John 4:34Jesus said to them, “My food is to do the will of the one who sent me and to complete his work.
• John 17:4I glorified you on earth by completing the work you gave me to do.
• Genesis 3:15And I will put hostility between you and the woman and between your offspring and her offspring; her offspring will attack your head, and you will attack her offspring’s heel.”
• Psalms 22:15The roof of my mouth is as dry as a piece of pottery; my tongue sticks to my gums. You set me in the dust of death.
• Isaiah 53:10Though the Lord desired to crush him and make him ill, once restitution is made, he will see descendants and enjoy long life, and the Lord’s purpose will be accomplished through him.
• Daniel 9:24“Seventy weeks have been determined concerning your people and your holy city to put an end to rebellion, to bring sin to completion, to atone for iniquity, to bring in perpetual righteousness, to seal up the prophetic vision, and to anoint a most holy place.
• Zechariah 13:7“Awake, sword, against my shepherd, against the man who is my associate,” says the Lord who rules over all. Strike the shepherd that the flock may be scattered; I will turn my hand against the insignificant ones.
• Matthew 3:15So Jesus replied to him, “Let it happen now, for it is right for us to fulfill all righteousness.” Then John yielded to him.
• Romans 3:25God publicly displayed him at his death as the mercy seat accessible through faith. This was to demonstrate his righteousness, because God in his forbearance had passed over the sins previously committed.
• Romans 10:4For Christ is the end of the law, with the result that there is righteousness for everyone who believes.
• 1 Corinthians 5:7Clean out the old yeast so that you may be a new batch of dough – you are, in fact, without yeast. For Christ, our Passover lamb, has been sacrificed.
• Colossians 2:14He has destroyed what was against us, a certificate of indebtedness expressed in decrees opposed to us. He has taken it away by nailing it to the cross.
• Hebrews 9:11But now Christ has come as the high priest of the good things to come. He passed through the greater and more perfect tent not made with hands, that is, not of this creation,
• Hebrews 10:1For the law possesses a shadow of the good things to come but not the reality itself, and is therefore completely unable, by the same sacrifices offered continually, year after year, to perfect those who come to worship.
• Hebrews 12:2keeping our eyes fixed on Jesus, the pioneer and perfecter of our faith. For the joy set out for him he endured the cross, disregarding its shame, and has taken his seat 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
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• Humiliation of Christ
• Thenceforth
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• 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