John 19:34

John 19:34 in other versions

• King James Version (KJV)But one of the soldiers with a spear pierced his side, and forthwith came there out blood and water.
• New International Version (NIV)Instead, one of the soldiers pierced Jesus’ side with a spear, bringing a sudden flow of blood and water.
• English Standard Version (ESV)But one of the soldiers pierced his side with a spear, and at once there came out blood and water.
• New King James Version (NKJV)But one of the soldiers pierced His side with a spear, and immediately blood and water came out.

Context of John 19:34

32So the soldiers came and broke the legs of the two men crucified with Jesus. 33But when they came to Jesus, they saw that he was already dead, so they didn’t break his legs. One of the soldiers, however, pierced his side with a spear, and immediately blood and water flowed out. 35(This report is from an eyewitness giving an accurate account. He speaks the truth so that you also may continue to believe.) 36These things happened in fulfillment of the Scriptures that say, “Not one of his bones will be broken,”

John 19:34 word by word

ἀλλ᾽ εἷς τῶν στρατιωτῶν λόγχῃ αὐτοῦ τὴν πλευρὰν ἔνυξεν, καὶ ἐξῆλθεν εὐθὺς αἷμα καὶ ὕδωρ.Read the interlinear

Words taken from the KJV.

• Butἀλλάalla · butG235
• oneεἷςheis · oneG1520
• of the soldiersὁho hē to · the/this/whoG3588
• of the soldiersστρατιώτηςstratiōtēs · soldierG4757
• with a spearλόγχηlogchē · spearG3057
• piercedνύσσωnussō · to pierceG3572
• hisαὐτόςautos · it/s/heG846
• sideπλευράpleura · sideG4125
• andκαίkai · andG2532
• forthwithεὐθέωςeutheōs · immediatelyG2112
• came there outἐξέρχομαιexerchomai · to go outG1831
• bloodαἷμαaima · bloodG129
• waterὕδωρhudōr hudatos · waterG5204

Cross-references for John 19:34

• John 13:8“No,” Peter protested, “you will never ever wash my feet!” Jesus replied, “Unless I wash you, you won’t belong to me.”
• Psalms 51:7Purify me from my sins, and I will be clean; wash me, and I will be whiter than snow.
• Ezekiel 36:25“Then I will sprinkle clean water on you, and you will be clean. Your filth will be washed away, and you will no longer worship idols.
• Zechariah 13:1“On that day a fountain will be opened for the dynasty of David and for the people of Jerusalem, a fountain to cleanse them from all their sins and impurity.
• Matthew 27:62The next day, on the Sabbath, the leading priests and Pharisees went to see Pilate.
• Acts 22:16What are you waiting for? Get up and be baptized. Have your sins washed away by calling on the name of the Lord.’
• 1 Corinthians 1:30God has united you with Christ Jesus. For our benefit God made him to be wisdom itself. Christ made us right with God; he made us pure and holy, and he freed us from sin.
• 1 Corinthians 6:11Some of you were once like that. But you were cleansed; you were made holy; you were made right with God by calling on the name of the Lord Jesus Christ and by the Spirit of our God.
• Ephesians 5:26to make her holy and clean, washed by the cleansing of God’s word.
• Hebrews 9:13Under the old system, the blood of goats and bulls and the ashes of a heifer could cleanse people’s bodies from ceremonial impurity.
• Hebrews 10:19And so, dear brothers and sisters, we can boldly enter heaven’s Most Holy Place because of the blood of Jesus.
• 1 Peter 3:21And that water is a picture of baptism, which now saves you, not by removing dirt from your body, but as a response to God from a clean conscience. It is effective because of the resurrection of Jesus Christ.
• 1 John 1:6So we are lying if we say we have fellowship with God but go on living in spiritual darkness; we are not practicing the truth.
• 1 John 5:6And Jesus Christ was revealed as God’s Son by his baptism in water and by shedding his blood on the cross—not by water only, but by water and blood. And the Spirit, who is truth, confirms it with his testimony.
• Revelation 1:5and from Jesus Christ. He is the faithful witness to these things, the first to rise from the dead, and the ruler of all the kings of the world. All glory to him who loves us and has freed us from our sins by shedding his blood for us.
• Revelation 7:14And I said to him, “Sir, you are the one who knows.” Then he said to me, “These are the ones who died in the great tribulation. They have washed their robes in the blood of the Lamb and made them white.

Commentaries on John 19:34

• Adam Clarke Bible Commentary · v. 34With a spear pierced his side - The soldier who pierced our Lord's side has been called by the Roman Catholic writers Longinus, which seems to be a corruption of , lonche, a spear or dart, the word in the text. They moreover tell us that this man was converted - that it was he who said, Truly this was the Son of God - that he traveled into Cappadocia, and there preached the Gospel of Christ, and received the crown of martyrdom. But this deserves the same…Read the comment
• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 34One of the soldiers - One of those appointed to watch the bodies until they were dead. This man appears to have doubted whether he was dead, and, in order to see whether he was not yet sensible, he pierced him with his spear. The Jews designed that his legs should be broken, but this was prevented by the providence of God; yet in another way more satisfactory proof was obtained of his death than would have been by the breaking of his legs. This was so…Read the comment
• Matthew Henry Concise Commentary · v. 31-37Verses 31-37 A trial was made whether Jesus was dead. He died in less time than persons crucified commonly did. It showed that he had laid down his life of himself. The spear broke up the very fountains of life; no human body could survive such a wound. But its being so solemnly attested, shows there was something peculiar in it. The blood and water that flowed out, signified those two great benefits which all believers partake of through Christ…Read the comment
• Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 34To confirm that Jesus was dead, a Roman soldier stabbed his side with a spear. blood and water flowed out: This has several levels of meaning: The spear probably cut through the pericardium, the sack around the heart, releasing these fluids. John might have been thinking of more Passover symbolism. The Passover lamb’s blood had to flow as it died. The water flowing from the side of Jesus is similar to the language of "living water" that Jesus had…Read the comment
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 31-4231-37. the preparation--sabbath eve. that the bodies should not remain--over night, against the Mosaic law (De 21:22, 23). on the sabbath day, for that sabbath day was an high day--or "great" day--the first day of unleavened bread, and, as concurring with an ordinary sabbath, the most solemn season of the ecclesiastical year. Hence their peculiar jealousy lest the law should be infringed. besought Pilate that their legs might be broken--to hasten their…Read the comment

Topics related to John 19:34

• Blood
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In the dictionaries

• Blood and Water
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• Crucifixion
• Humiliation of Christ
• Passover
• Thenceforth
• Writing
• Armor; Arms
• Gnosticism
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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