John 19:28

Afterwards, knowing that everything was now finished, Jesus said, in fulfilment of the words of scripture, ‘I am thirsty.’

Open English Bible (UK)

In The King James Version

After this, Jesus knowing that all things were now accomplished, that the scripture might be fulfilled, saith, I thirst.

In Context

27Then he said to that disciple, ‘There is your mother.’ And from that very hour the disciple took her to live in his house.

29There was a bowl standing there full of common wine; so they put a sponge soaked in the wine on the end of a hyssop-stalk, and held it up to his mouth.

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Cross References

Psalms 69:21Poison they gave me for food, and to slake my thirst they gave vinegar.

Luke 12:50There is a baptism that I must undergo, and how great is my distress until it is over!

Luke 22:37For, I tell you, that passage of scripture must be fulfilled in me, which says – “He was counted among the godless”; indeed all that refers to me is finding its fulfilment.’

John 18:4Jesus, aware of all that was coming upon him, went to meet them, and said to them, ‘For whom are you looking?’

John 19:30When Jesus had received the wine, he exclaimed, ‘All is finished!’ Then, bowing his head, he resigned his spirit to God.

Matthew Henry on John 19:20-31

The Inscription on the Cross; The Crucifixion. 19 And Pilate wrote a title, and put it on the cross. And the writing was, JESUS OF NAZARETH THE KING OF THE JEWS. 20 This title then read many of the Jews: for the place where Jesus was crucified was nigh to the city: and it was written in Hebrew, and Greek, and Latin. 21 Then said the chief priests of the Jews to Pilate, Write not, The King of the Jews; but that he said, I am King of the Jews. 22 Pilate answered, What I have written I have written. 23 Then the… Read the whole commentary →

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