KJV King James Version
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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John 19:30
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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BSB Berean Standard Bible
When Jesus had received the sour wine, He said, “It is finished.” And bowing His head, He yielded up His spirit.
WEB World English Bible
When Jesus therefore had received the vinegar, he said, “It is finished.” He bowed his head, and gave up his spirit.
ASV American Standard Version
When Jesus therefore had received the vinegar, he said, It is finished: and he bowed his head, and gave up his spirit.
YLT Young’s Literal Translation
when, therefore, Jesus received the vinegar, he said, ‘It hath been finished;’ and having bowed the head, gave up the spirit.
Surrounding context — John 19
27 Then saith he to the disciple, Behold thy mother! And from that hour that disciple took her unto his own [home].
28 After this, Jesus knowing that all things were now accomplished, that the scripture might be fulfilled, saith, I thirst.
29 Now 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.
30 When Jesus therefore had received the vinegar, he said, It is finished: and he bowed his head, and gave up the ghost.
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 an 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:
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These Hebrew/Greek tokens are linked by Strong's number. Click one for its lexicon definition and other occurrences.
ὅτεG3753 · hotewhenοὖνG3767 · ountherefore/thenἔλαβενG2983 · lambanōto takeτὸG3588 · hothe/this/whoὄξοςG3690 · oxosvinegarὁG3588 · hothe/this/whoἸησοῦςG2424 · IēsousJesusεἶπεν·G2036 · eiponto sayτετέλεσται.G5055 · teleōto finishκαὶG2532 · kaiandκλίναςG2827 · klinōto bow/lay downτὴνG3588 · hothe/this/whoκεφαλὴνG2776 · kephalēheadπαρέδωκενG3860 · paradidōmito deliverτὸG3588 · hothe/this/whoπνεῦμα.¶G4151 · pneumaspirit/breath: spirit
Cross-references
John 17:4I have glorified thee on the earth: I have finished the work which thou gavest me to do.Philippians 2:8And being found in fashion as a man, he humbled himself, and became obedient unto death, even the death of the cross.Colossians 2:14-17Blotting out the handwriting of ordinances that was against us, which was contrary to us, and took it out of the way, nailing it to his cross;Hebrews 12:2Looking unto Jesus the author and finisher of [our] faith; who for the joy that was set before him endured the cross, despising the shame, and is set down at the right hand of the throne of God.John 10:11I am the good shepherd: the good shepherd giveth his life for the sheep.Daniel 9:24Seventy weeks are determined upon thy people and upon thy holy city, to finish the transgression, and to make an end of sins, and to make reconciliation for iniquity, and to bring in everlasting righteousness, and to seal up the vision and prophecy, and to anoint the most Holy.Isaiah 53:10Yet it pleased the LORD to bruise him; he hath put [him] to grief: when thou shalt make his soul an offering for sin, he shall see [his] seed, he shall prolong [his] days, and the pleasure of the LORD shall prosper in his hand.Luke 23:46And when Jesus had cried with a loud voice, he said, Father, into thy hands I commend my spirit: and having said thus, he gave up the ghost.Hebrews 9:11-14But Christ being come an high priest of good things to come, by a greater and more perfect tabernacle, not made with hands, that is to say, not of this building;Romans 10:4For Christ [is] the end of the law for righteousness to every one that believeth.John 19:28After this, Jesus knowing that all things were now accomplished, that the scripture might be fulfilled, saith, I thirst.Mark 15:37And Jesus cried with a loud voice, and gave up the ghost.John 4:34Jesus saith unto them, My meat is to do the will of him that sent me, and to finish his work.Matthew 20:28Even as the Son of man came not to be ministered unto, but to minister, and to give his life a ransom for many.John 10:18No man taketh it from me, but I lay it down of myself. I have power to lay it down, and I have power to take it again. This commandment have I received of my Father.Isaiah 53:12Therefore will I divide him [a portion] with the great, and he shall divide the spoil with the strong; because he hath poured out his soul unto death: and he was numbered with the transgressors; and he bare the sin of many, and made intercession for the transgressors.Matthew 27:50Jesus, when he had cried again with a loud voice, yielded up the ghost.Psalm 22:15My strength is dried up like a potsherd; and my tongue cleaveth to my jaws; and thou hast brought me into the dust of death.
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