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John 19:34

The cross and atonementDeath and loss

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:

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

35 And he that saw it bare record, and his record is true: and he knoweth that he saith true, that ye might believe.

36 For these things were done, that the scripture should be fulfilled, A bone of him shall not be broken.

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Here the Bible tells a story about someone else. Ask yourself what it can say to us today. Do read the surrounding verses too, because the context often says more than a single verse.

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BSB
Instead, one of the soldiers pierced His side with a spear, and immediately blood and water flowed out.
KJV
But one of the soldiers with a spear pierced his side, and forthwith came there out blood and water.
WEB
However, one of the soldiers pierced his side with a spear, and immediately blood and water came out.
ASV
howbeit one of the soldiers with a spear pierced his side, and straightway there came out blood and water.
DARBY
but one of the soldiers pierced his side with a spear, and immediately there came out blood and water.
BLB
But one of the soldiers pierced His side with a spear, and blood and water came out immediately.
ÅB
men en av stridsmennene stakk ham i siden med et spyd, og straks kom det ut blod og vann.
OTB
I stedet stakk en av soldatene Hans side med et spyd, og straks kom det ut blod og vann.
B1930
men en av stridsmennene stakk ham i siden med et spyd, og straks kom det ut blod og vann.

Study notes (Tyndale)

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Cross references

  • 1 John 5:6

    This is he that came by water and blood, even Jesus Christ; not by water only, but by water and blood. And it is the Spirit that beareth witness, because the Spirit is truth.

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  • Zechariah 13:1

    In that day there shall be a fountain opened to the house of David and to the inhabitants of Jerusalem for sin and for uncleanness.

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  • Zechariah 12:10

    And I will pour upon the house of David, and upon the inhabitants of Jerusalem, the spirit of grace and of supplications: and they shall look upon me whom they have pierced, and they shall mourn for him, as one mourneth for his only son, and shall be in bitterness for him, as one that is in bitterness for his firstborn.

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  • 1 John 5:8

    And there are three that bear witness in earth, the Spirit, and the water, and the blood: and these three agree in one.

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  • Titus 3:5–7

    Not by works of righteousness which we have done, but according to his mercy he saved us, by the washing of regeneration, and renewing of the Holy Ghost;

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  • Ezekiel 36:25

    Then will I sprinkle clean water upon you, and ye shall be clean: from all your filthiness, and from all your idols, will I cleanse you.

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  • Revelation 7:14

    And I said unto him, Sir, thou knowest. And he said to me, These are they which came out of great tribulation, and have washed their robes, and made them white in the blood of the Lamb.

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  • Ephesians 5:26

    That he might sanctify and cleanse it with the washing of water by the word,

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