John 19:35

33 But when they came to Jesus and saw that He was already dead, they did not break His legs.

34 Instead, one of the soldiers pierced His side with a spear, and immediately blood and water flowed out.

The one who saw it has testified to this, and his testimony is true. He knows that he is telling the truth, so that you also may believe.

36 Now these things happened so that the Scripture would be fulfilled: “Not one of His bones will be broken.”

37 And, as another Scripture says: “They will look on the One they have pierced.”

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
The one who saw it has testified to this, and his testimony is true. He knows that he is telling the truth, so that you also may believe.
KJV
And he that saw it bare record, and his record is true: and he knoweth that he saith true, that ye might believe.
WEB
He who has seen has testified, and his testimony is true. He knows that he tells the truth, that you may believe.
ASV
And he that hath seen hath borne witness, and his witness is true: and he knoweth that he saith true, that ye also may believe.
DARBY
And he who saw it bears witness, and his witness is true, and he knows that he says true that ye also may believe.
BLB
And the one having seen has testified, and his testimony is true. And he knows that he is speaking the truth, so that you⁺ also might believe.
ÅB
Og den som har sett det, har vitnet om det, og hans vitnesbyrd er sant, og han vet at han sier sant, for at også dere skal tro.
OTB
Han som så det har vitnet, og hans vitnesbyrd er sant; han vet at han forteller sannheten, for at dere også skal tro.
B1930
Og den som har sett det, har vidnet om det, og hans vidnesbyrd er sant, og han vet at han sier sant, forat også I skal tro.

Study notes (Tyndale)

Original text and word study

Cross references

  • John 21:24

    This is the disciple who testifies to these things and who has written them down. And we know that his testimony is true.

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  • 1 John 1:1–3

    That which was from the beginning, which we have heard, which we have seen with our own eyes, which we have gazed upon and touched with our own hands—this is the Word of life.

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  • John 15:27

    And you also must testify, because you have been with Me from the beginning.

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  • Hebrews 2:3–4

    how shall we escape if we neglect such a great salvation? This salvation was first announced by the Lord, was confirmed to us by those who heard Him,

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  • John 20:31

    But these are written so that you may believe that Jesus is the Christ, the Son of God, and that by believing you may have life in His name.

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  • Acts 10:39

    We are witnesses of all that He did, both in the land of the Jews and in Jerusalem. And although they put Him to death by hanging Him on a tree,

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  • Romans 15:4

    For everything that was written in the past was written for our instruction, so that through endurance and the encouragement of the Scriptures, we might have hope.

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  • 1 Peter 5:1

    As a fellow elder, a witness of Christ’s sufferings, and a partaker of the glory to be revealed, I appeal to the elders among you:

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