John 19:35
This 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.
Weymouth NT (1912)
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John 11:15"Lazarus is dead; and for your sakes I am glad I was not there, in order that you may believe. But let us go to him."
John 14:29I have now told you before it comes to pass, that when it has come to pass you may believe.
John 17:20"Nor is it for them alone that I make request. It is also for those who trust in me through their teaching;
John 20:31But these have been recorded in order that you may believe that He is the Christ, the Son of God, and that, through believing, you may have Life through His name.
Acts 10:39"And we are witnesses as to all that He did both in the country of the Jews and in Jerusalem. But they even put Him to death, by crucifixion.
Hebrews 2:3how shall *we* escape if we are indifferent to a salvation as great as that now offered to us? This, after having first of all been announced by the Lord Himself, had its truth made sure to us by those who heard Him,
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 →