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John 19:34
but one of the soldiers with a spear pierced His side, and forthwith came there out blood and water.
but one of the soldiers with a spear pierced His side, and forthwith came there out blood and water.
Verse 34. _WITH A SPEAR PIERCED HIS SIDE_] The soldier who pierced our Lord's side has been called by the Roman Catholic writers _Longinus_, which seems to be a corruption of λογχη, _lonche_, a _spea...
ONE OF THE SOLDIERS - One of those appointed to watch the bodies until they were dead. This man appears to have doubted whether he was dead, and, in order to see whether he was not yet sensible, he pi...
CHAPTER 19 _ 1. Behold the Man! (John 19:1 .)_ 2. The Last Question of Pilate and Christ's Last Word. (John 19:8 .) 3. Delivered up and Crucified. (John 19:12 .) 4. The Title upon the Cross. ...
THE LANCE-THRUST AND THE BURIAL. It has been said that these verses contain parts of two accounts of burial, by the Jews, and by Joseph. In reality the Jews only demand that the law of Deuteronomy 21:...
ONE OF THE SOLDIERS... PIERCED HIS SIDE. The object of this thrust is apparent. When they came to him to break his bones he was lifeless. It occurred to the soldiers that he might have swooned away,...
JESUS AND PILATE (John 18:28-40 ; John 19:1-16)...
Since it was the day of preparation, so that the bodies should not remain on the cross on the Sabbath (for that Sabbath was a very important day) the Jews asked Pilate to break their limbs, and to hav...
PIERCED. Greek. _nusso_. Occurs only here. SIDE. Greek. _pleura,_ Only here; John 20:20; John 20:25; John 20:27; Acts 12:7. forthwith
_pierced_ To make quite sure that He was dead. The Greek word is not the same as that used in John 19:37; this means either to -prick" or to -stab," that to -pierce deeply." _blood and water_ There ha...
The Death and Burial For what is peculiar to S. John's narrative in this section see the introductory note to chap. 18. Besides this, the title on the cross, the Jews" criticism of it, and the conduc...
ἜΝΥΞΕΝ. _Pricked_ or STABBED, a milder word than ἐξεκέντησαν (John 19:37). All ancient Versions mark the difference between the two verbs. The Vulgate (_aperuit_) and Philox. Syriac indicate a reading...
THE PETITION OF THE JEWS AND THE PETITION OF JOSEPH...
THE DEATH AND BURIAL For what is peculiar to S. John’s narrative in this section see the introductory note to chap. 18. Besides this, the title on the cross, the Jews’ criticism of it, and the conduc...
Ver 31. The Jews therefore, because it was the preparation, that the bodies should not remain upon the cross on the Sabbath clay, (for that Sabbath day was an high day,) besought Pilate that their leg...
ΛΌΓΧΗ (G3057) наконечник копья, пика, древко с железным наконечником (Morris), возможно, pilum (ВВС), ΠΛΕΥΡΆ (G4125) бок. ΈΝΥΞΕΝ _aor. ind. act. от_ ΝΎΣΣΩ (G3572) ранить, пронзать. J. R. Michaels, "T...
DISCOURSE: 1727 THE TREATMENT OF OUR LORD’S BODY ON THE CROSS John 19:31. The Jews therefore, because it was the preparation, that the bodies should not remain upon the cross on the sabbath day, (for...
AND FORTHWITH, &C.— Whether this was, as Dr. Drake and several others suppose, the small quantity of water inclosed in the _pericardium,_ in which the heart swims, or whether the _cruor_ was now almos...
IT IS FINISHED _Text: John 19:28-37_ 28 After this Jesus, knowing that all things are now finished, that the scripture might be accomplished, saith, I thirst. 29 There was set there a vessel full...
EXPOSITION OF THE GOSPEL OF JOHN John 19:25-42 Below is an Analysis of John 19:25-42:— 1. The mother of Jesus and the beloved disciple, verses 25-27. John says nothing about the Savior’s agony in G...
But one of the soldiers with a spear pierced his side, and forthwith came there out blood and water. BUT ONE OF THE SOLDIERS - to make assurance of the fact doubly sure BUT ONE OF THE SOLDIERS - t...
25 Physical relationships are temporary, and will be superseded by spiritual ties. All lasting spiritual bonds are made at the foot of the cross. 28-30 Compare Mat_27:45-51; Mar_15:33-36; Luk_23:46;...
PIERCED HIS SIDE] This was done to make sure of His death, and was a common practice at executions. The act was providentially ordered, that it might be made evident that the Resurrection was a resusc...
THE SIGN OF THE PIERCED SIDE. A section peculiar to St. John, and claiming expressly to be the testimony of an eyewitness. The knowledge of Jewish and Roman custom displayed in it speaks for its histo...
THE CRUCIFIXION. THE BURIAL 1-3. Inside the Prætorium. Scourging and mockery by the soldiers (Matthew 27:26; Mark 15:15). It might be supposed from Mt and Mk that the scourging was only the ordinary p...
JOHN TELLS THE GOOD NEWS ABOUT JESUS GOSPEL OF JOHN _MARION ADAMS_ CHAPTER 19 PILATE ORDERS HIS SOLDIERS TO WHIP JESUS 19:1-16 V1 So Pilate ordered his soldiers to whip Jesus. V2 The soldiers to...
BUT ONE OF THE SOLDIERS WITH A SPEAR PIERCED HIS SIDE. — They had seen that He was dead, and therefore did not break the legs. To cause death was not, then, the object in piercing the side; and yet it...
XXI. _ THE CRUCIFIXION._ "The soldiers therefore, when they had crucified Jesus, took His garments, and made four parts, to every soldier a part; and also the coat: now the coat was without seam, wove...
But one of the soldiers λόγχῃ αὐτοῦ τὴν πλευρὰν ἔνυξε, “pierced His side with a spear”. But Field prefers “pricked His side” to keep up the distinction between ἔνυξε (the _milder_ word) and ἐξεκέντησε...
_The piercing of Jesus' side_....
THE PIERCED SIDE John 19:31-37 How punctilious the Jewish leaders were to maintain each detail of their ritual! Remember that there is a religiousness which is not religion but its counterfeit. John...
Here once more we have the story of the Cross, and once again it is a story to be read almost without note or comment. The picture of our Lord led forth and presented to the crowds by Pilate is one of...
(11) But one of the soldiers with a spear (d) pierced his side, and forthwith came there out blood and water. (11) Christ, being dead upon the cross, witnesses by a double sign that he alone is the t...
There came out blood and water, which naturally could not come from a dead body. (Witham) --- Hence it is, that the sacred mysteries flow; as often, therefore, as thou approachest the awful cup, appro...
THE INTERMENT Matthew 27:57-61; Mark 15:42-47; Luke 23:50-56; John 19:31-42. “Then the Jews, in order that the
THIRD SECTION: 19:16B-42. THE EXECUTION OF JESUS. 1. The crucifixion: John 19:16; John 19:16; 2. The inscription: John 19:19-22; 3. The parting of the garments:...
“ _The soldiers therefore came and broke the legs of the first, then of the other who was crucified with him._ 33. _But, when they came to Jesus, seeing that he was already dead_, _they did not break...
ADDITIONAL NOTES BY THE AMERICAN EDITOR. Vv. 31-42. 1. If the Sabbath referred to in John 19:31 was the 15th of Nisan, we have a very simple and satisfactory explanation of the expression that it was...
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 an high day), besought Pilate that their legs might b...
In John 15:1-27 our Lord substitutes Himself for Israel, as the plant of God, responsible to bear fruit for Him on earth (not merely for man, as such, openly sinful and lost). He takes the place of th...
34._But one of the soldiers pierced his side with a spear. _When _the soldier pierced Christ’s side with his spear, _he did so for the purpose of ascertaining if he was dead; but God had a higher obje...
Pilate (chapter 19) gives way to his usual inhumanity. In the account, however, given in this Gospel, the Jews are prominent, as the real authors (as far as man was concerned) of the Lord's death. Jea...
BUT ONE OF THE SOLDIERS,.... Whose name some pretend to say was Longinns, and so called from the spear with which he pierced Christ: WITH A SPEAR PIERCED HIS SIDE; his left side, where the heart lies...
But one of the soldiers with a spear pierced his side, and forthwith came there out blood and water. Ver. 34. _But one of the soldiers with a spear_] What an odd conceit is that of the Papists, that...
_That the bodies should not remain on the cross_ It was customary among the Romans to let the bodies of persons who had been executed continue on the crosses, or stakes, till they were devoured by bir...
CRIMINALLY ASSAULTED IN THE COURT! (vs.1-12) Pilate then tried another desperate move, having the Lord scourged. This was gross injustice, yet he hoped by this to placate the Jews' enmity, considerin...
31-37 A trial was made whether Jesus was dead. He died in less time than persons crucified commonly did. It showed that he had laid down his life of himself. The spear broke up the very fountains of...
BUT ONE OF THE SOLDIERS, to make sure of him, PIERCED HIS SIDE, out of which it is said that there presently came forth BLOOD AND WATER. That there should come out blood is no wonder, nor yet that the...
Irenaeus Against Heresies Book IV And why did He acknowledge Himself to be the Son of man, if He had not gone through that birth which belongs to a human being? How, too, could He forgive us those si...
John 19:34 But G235 one G1520 soldiers G4757 pierced G3572 (G5656) His G846 side G4125 spear G3057 and...
‘The soldiers therefore came and broke the legs of the first, and of the other who was crucified with him, but when they came to Jesus and saw that he was dead already they did not break his legs. How...
THE LAMB IS OFFERED UP (JOHN 19:16). Meanwhile the innocent victim was being dragged through the streets of the city, and then through an outer gate in order to be crucified ‘outside the gate' (Hebrew...
Jesus is now dead, and this paragraph relates the events immediately following, before His body was removed from the cross....
John 19:33-34. 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 STRAIGHTWAY THERE CAME FORTH BLOOD AND...
WITH A SPEAR (λογχη). Instrumental case of this old word, here only in the N.T.PIERCED HIS SIDE (αυτου την πλευραν ενυξεν). First aorist active indicative of νυσσω, old word to pierce, here only i...
John 19:23. _There the soldiers, when they had crucified Jesus, took his garments,_ They had already stripped him, no element of shame was wanting in his substitution for us. He stooped as low as our...
John 19:14. _And it was the preparation of the Passover, and about the sixth hour: and he saith unto the Jews, Behold your King!_ They had accused him of being a King, or of pretending to be one. Pil...
John 19:1. _Then Pilate therefore took Jesus, and scourged him._ This was one of the most terrible punishments to which a man could be sentenced. The Roman scourge was no trifle. It tore off the quiv...
CONTENTS: Pilate brings Jesus before the multitude. The rejection of the Savior and the crucifixion. His entombment. CHARACTERS: Jesus, Pilate, soldiers, Jesus' mother, His aunt, wife of Cleophas, Ma...
John 19:1. _Pilate therefore took Jesus and scourged him,_ as stated in Matthew 27:26. In cases where this preseded crucifixion, Cicero has recited the form of the sentence from the Roman law. _I, lic...
PLUNGED HIS SPEAR INTO JESUS' SIDE. They did not break Jesus' legs, since he was already dead. Just to make sure, the spear is plunged into his side. AT ONCE BLOOD AND WATER POURED OUT. _Johnson_ thin...
_One of the soldiers with a spear pierced His side_ THE PIERCING OF CHRIST’S SIDE I. IT WAS AN ACT OF INSULT AND INDIGNITY TO HIS PERSON. To this, indeed, He was no stranger. In the hall of Pilate, a...
_The Jews therefore because it was the preparation_ PROFANITY OF FANATICISM They must make ready for keeping holy the Sabbath while their hands are red with the murder of the Son of God. A stroke of...
JOHN—NOTE ON JOHN 19:34 The flow of BLOOD AND WATER indicates that Jesus truly died as a fully human being with a genuine human body. ⇐...
Jesus dies on the cross Matthew 27:45-56; Mark 15:33-41; Luke 23:44-49; John 19:28-37;...
_But one of the soldiers opened His side._ As somewhat doubting, says S. Cyril, whether He were really dead; and if He were not, to hasten His death. For it was the duty of these soldiers to carry out...
CHAPTER 19 VER. 1. _Then Pilate therefore took Jesus and scourged Him._ That is after he had said (Luke 23:22), "I will chastise Him and let Him go." The tradition is that He was first scourged with t...
_EXPLANATORY AND CRITICAL NOTES_ John 19:31. THE JEWS THEREFORE, ETC.… FOR GREAT WAS THAT SABBATH DAY.—There was a twofold sanctity about the coming day, for it was not only the day at the beginning o...
EXPOSITION JOHN 19:1 (d) [Within the Praetorium.] The unjust scourging, and the crown of thorns. JOHN 19:1 Then PILATE THEREFORE TOOK JESUS, AND SCOURGED HIM. The force of the "therefore" may be se...
Then Pilate therefore took Jesus, and scourged him (John 19:1). The scourging was a whipping that was done to examine the prisoners. It was a third degree technique of the Roman Empire. They did not h...
1 Corinthians 1:30; 1 Corinthians 6:11; 1 John 1:6; 1 John 5:6; 1
With a spear [λ ο γ χ η]. Only here in the New Testament. Properly, the head of a spear. So Herodotus, of the Arabians : "They also had spears [α ι χ μ α ς] tipped with an antelope's horn sharpened li...
THE CALVARY CHAPTER John 19:16 INTRODUCTORY WORDS We will suggest the steppingstone which immediately precedes the Calvary experiences of our Lord and then enlarge on the Calvary events. What we sa...
Forthwith there came out blood and water — It was strange, seeing he was dead, that blood should come out; more strange, that water also; and most strange of all, that both should come out immediately...