John 19:34 BSB — MannaFest

John 19:34

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

BSB

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ASV

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

KJV

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

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Commentary

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Adam Clarke

1762–1832

Commentary on the Bible (1832)

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 spear or dart, the word in the text. They moreover tell us that this man was converted - that it was he who said, Truly this was the Son of God - that he traveled into Cappadocia, and there preached the Gospel of Christ, and received the crown of martyrdom.

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The Puritans and the Awakening1 voice

John Wesley

1703–1791

Explanatory Notes upon the New Testament (1755)

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, at one time, and yet distinctly. It was pure and true water, as well as pure and true blood.

The Nineteenth Century3 voices

J.C. Ryle

1816–1900

Expository Thoughts on the Gospels: John (lightly modernized text, Grace Gems edition) (1869)

This part of John's narrative of Christ's passion, contains points of deep interest, which are silently passed over by Matthew, Mark, and Luke. The reason of this silence we are not told. Suffice it for us to remember that, both in what they recorded and in what they did not record, all four Evangelists wrote by inspiration of God. Let us mark, for one thing, in these verses, the frequent fulfillments of prophetic Scripture throughout every part of Christ's crucifixion. Three different predictions are specially mentioned, in Exodus, Psalms, and Zechariah, which received their accomplishment at the cross.

Charles Spurgeon

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Original language & word study

15 tagged words

Original	Transliteration	Meaning	Word study
ἀλλ᾽	all᾽	But	G235 →
εἷς	heis	one	G1520 →
τῶν	tōn	of the	G3588 →
στρατιωτῶν	stratiōtōn	soldiers	G4757 →
λόγχῃ	logchē	with a spear	G3057 →
αὐτοῦ	autou	of His	G846 →
τὴν	tēn	<the>	G3588 →
πλευρὰν	pleuran	side	G4125 →
ἔνυξεν,	enuxen	pierced,	G3572 →
καὶ	kai	and	G2532 →
ἐξῆλθεν	exēlthen	came out	G1831 →
εὐθὺς	euthus	immediately	G2112 →
αἷμα	haima	blood	G129 →
καὶ	kai	and	G2532 →
ὕδωρ.	hudōr	water.	G5204 →

Rare words are the text's own signal of a deliberate thread: the fewer the occurrences, the more the places it appears belong together.

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Where the connections lead

Follow this verse’s cross-references two steps out. Each card is a verse this one points to, and beneath it the verses that one points to in turn. Where several different paths arrive at the same place, that place is listed first: the text keeps returning to it. Every stop shows its own words, and every stop is a page.

Through
Zechariah 12:10
Then I will pour out on the house of David and on the people of Jerusalem a spirit of grace and prayer, and they will look on Me, the One they have pierced. They…
leads to
- Revelation 1:7
  Behold, He is coming with the clouds, and every eye will see Him—even those who pierced Him. And all the tribes of the earth will mourn because of Him. So shall it be! Amen.
- Ezekiel 39:29
  And I will no longer hide My face from them, for I will pour out My Spirit on the house of Israel, declares the Lord GOD.”
Through
1 John 5:6
This is the One who came by water and blood, Jesus Christ—not by water alone, but by water and blood. And it is the Spirit who testifies to this, because the Spirit is the…
leads to
- John 15:26
  When the Advocate comes, whom I will send to you from the Father—the Spirit of truth who proceeds from the Father—He will testify about Me.
  Reached by 2 independent paths from here.
- Hebrews 9:14
  how much more will the blood of Christ, who through the eternal Spirit offered Himself unblemished to God, purify our consciences from works of death, so that we may serve the living God!
Through
Zechariah 13:1
“On that day a fountain will be opened to the house of David and the people of Jerusalem, to cleanse them from sin and impurity.
leads to
- 1 Corinthians 6:11
  And that is what some of you were. But you were washed, you were sanctified, you were justified, in the name of the Lord Jesus Christ and by the Spirit of our God.
- John 1:29
  The next day John saw Jesus coming toward him and said, “Look, the Lamb of God, who takes away the sin of the world!
- Psalms 51:2
  Wash me clean of my iniquity and cleanse me from my sin.
Through
1 John 5:8
the Spirit, the water, and the blood—and these three are in agreement.
leads to
- 1 John 5:6–7
  This is the One who came by water and blood, Jesus Christ—not by water alone, but by water and blood. And it is the Spirit who testifies to this, because the Spirit is the…

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02Original language & word study

03The walk

Where the connections lead

04Related verses

05Featured studies on this passage

06About John

The record, by era

Where the connections lead

Commentary

Original language & word study

The walk

Related verses

Featured studies on this passage

About John