John 19:35 BSB — MannaFest

John 19:35

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.

BSB

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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.

KJV

And he that saw it bare record, and his record is true: and he knoweth that he saith true, that ye might believe.

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Commentary

1 voice

Theodore of Mopsuestia

COMMENTARY ON JOHN 7.19.35 (428)

The Evangelist alludes to himself, because he always talks about himself without mentioning his name. From this it is clear that John was present at these events. It seems also that he wants to suggest the emission of blood and water did not occur so …

The record, by era

The Nineteenth Century3 voices

Albert Barnes

1798–1870

Notes, Explanatory and Practical, on the Old and New Testaments (1832-1869)

He that saw it - John himself. He is accustomed to speak of himself in the third person. His record is true - His testimony is true. Such was the known character of this writer, such his sacred regard for truth, that he could appeal to that with full assurance that all would put confidence in him. He often appeals thus to the fact that his testimony was known to be true. It would be well if all Christians had such a character that their word would be assuredly believed.

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

1834–1892

The Metropolitan Tabernacle Pulpit, Sermon No. 3559: “The Pierced Heart of Jesus” (lightly modernized text, CCEL edition) (1917)

WHAT a wonderful conjunction of Prophecy and Providence! I want you to behold it, and admire it. Two texts of Scripture predict, the one in Exodus the other in Zechariah (such a long interval having occurred between the distinct records), the former that not a bone of the Paschal Lamb should be broken—the latter that He should be pierced. How were these two to be fulfilled in the minuteness of one incident? The rough Roman soldier comes with the iron bar to break the bones of the three prisoners who have been crucified. He has orders to break their legs.

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Original language & word study

20 tagged words

Original	Transliteration	Meaning	Word study
καὶ	kai	And	G2532 →
ὁ	ho	the [one]	G3588 →
ἑωρακὼς	he'ōrakōs	having seen	G3708 →
μεμαρτύρηκεν	memarturēken	has borne witness	G3140 →
καὶ	kai	and	G2532 →
ἀληθινὴ	alēthinē	true	G228 →
αὐτοῦ	autou	of him	G846 →
ἐστιν	estin	is	G1510 →
ἡ	hē	the	G3588 →
μαρτυρία	marturia	testimony	G3141 →
καὶ	kai	And	G2532 →
ἐκεῖνος	ekeinos	He	G1565 →
οἶδεν	oiden	knows
ὅτι	hoti	that	G3754 →
ἀληθῆ	alēthē	truth	G227 →
λέγει,	legei	he is speaking,	G3004 →
ἵνα	ina	that	G2443 →
καὶ	kai	also	G2532 →
ὑμεῖς	humeis	you yourselves	G4771 →
πιστεύσητε.	pisteusēte	may believe.	G4100 →

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

The walk

The walk8

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
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,
leads to
- Luke 24:48
  You are witnesses of these things.
  Reached by 2 independent paths from here.
- Acts 10:41
  not by all the people, but by the witnesses God had chosen beforehand, by us who ate and drank with Him after He rose from the dead.
- Acts 1:8
  But you will receive power when the Holy Spirit comes upon you, and you will be My witnesses in Jerusalem, and in all Judea and Samaria, and to the ends of the earth.”
Through
John 15:27
And you also must testify, because you have been with Me from the beginning.
leads to
- 1 John 4:14
  And we have seen and testify that the Father has sent His Son to be the Savior of the world.
- Acts 10:39–42
  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,
- 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.
- Acts 23:11
  The following night the Lord stood near Paul and said, “Take courage! As you have testified about Me in Jerusalem, so also you must testify in Rome.”
Through
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.
leads to
- John 15:27
  And you also must testify, because you have been with Me from the beginning.

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01Commentary

The record, by era

Voices on this verse

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