Verse
John 19:30 — When Jesus therefore had received the vinegar, he said, It is…
“When Jesus therefore had received the vinegar, he said, It is finished: and he bowed his head, and gave up the ghost.”
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The verses around John 19:30.
28After this, Jesus knowing that all things were now accomplished, that the scripture might be fulfilled, saith, I thirst.
29Now there was set a vessel full of vinegar: and they filled a spunge with vinegar, and put it upon hyssop, and put it to his mouth.
30When Jesus therefore had received the vinegar, he said, It is finished: and he bowed his head, and gave up the ghost.
31The 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 an high day,) besought Pilate that their legs might be broken, and that they might be taken away.
32Then came the soldiers, and brake the legs of the first, and of the other which was crucified with him.
Verse explanation
The KJV’s “It is finished” translates a single Greek word that also appeared on commercial receipts of the time, in the sense of paid in full or completed with nothing owing. It is not a cry of defeat, it is one of completion: the task He had come to do was done.
From the John 19 study in Bible in Stories.
John 19:30 in other versions
The same verse in the 4 Bible versions we have on the site.
- KJV · King James
When Jesus therefore had received the vinegar, he said, It is finished: and he bowed his head, and gave up the ghost.
Read the chapter in this version → - ARC · Almeida 1911Português
E, quando Jesus tomou o vinagre, disse: Está consummado. E, inclinando a cabeça, entregou o espirito.
Read the chapter in this version → - BLIVRE · Bíblia LivrePortuguês
Quando pois Jesus tomou o vinagre, disse: Está consumado; e abaixando a cabeça, deu o Espírito.
Read the chapter in this version → - VBL · Versión Biblia LibreEspañol
Después que bebió el vinagre, Jesús dijo: “¡Está terminado!” Entonces inclinó su cabeza y dio su último respiro.
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