John 19:34

One of the soldiers, however, made a thrust at His side with a lance, and immediately blood and water flowed out.

Weymouth NT (1912)

In The King James Version

But one of the soldiers with a spear pierced his side, and forthwith came there out blood and water.

In Context

33Then they came to Jesus Himself: but when they saw that He was already dead, they refrained from breaking His legs.

35This statement is the testimony of an eye-witness, and it is true. He knows that he is telling the truth--in order that you also may believe.

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Cross References

John 13:8"Never, while the world lasts," said Peter, "shall you wash my feet." "If I do not wash you," replied Jesus, "you have no share with me."

1 Corinthians 1:30But you--and it is all God's doing--are in Christ Jesus: He has become for us a wisdom which is from God, consisting of righteousness and sanctification and deliverance;

Ephesians 5:26in order to make her holy, cleansing her with the baptismal water by the word,

Titus 3:5as righteous men, had done, but as the result of His own mercy He saved us by means of the bath of regeneration and the renewal of our natures by the Holy Spirit,

Matthew Henry on John 19:32-38

The Crucifixion. 31 The Jews therefore, because it was the preparation, that the bodies should not remain upon the cross on the sabbath day, (for that sabbath day was a high day,) besought Pilate that their legs might be broken, and that they might be taken away. 32 Then came the soldiers, and brake the legs of the first, and of the other which was crucified with him. 33 But when they came to Jesus, and saw that he was dead already, they brake not his legs: 34 But one of the soldiers with a spear pierced his side,… Read the whole commentary →

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