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John 19:34 KJV
John · chapter 19 · verse 34
But one of the soldiers with a spear pierced his side, and forthwith came there out blood and water.John 19:34 · King James Version
John 19:34 in context
32Then came the soldiers, and brake the legs of the first, and of the other which was crucified with him.
33But when they came to Jesus, and saw that he was dead already, they brake not his legs:
34But one of the soldiers with a spear pierced his side, and forthwith came there out blood and water.
35And he that saw it bare record, and his record is true: and he knoweth that he saith true, that ye might believe.
36For these things were done, that the scripture should be fulfilled, A bone of him shall not be broken.
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Key words (Strong's)
- forthwitheuthysstraight, level, straight forward, upright, true, sincere, straightway, immediately…G2117 →
- soldiersstratiōtēsa soldier, metaph. a champion of the cause of ChristG4757 →
- piercednyssōpierce, to pierce through, transfix, often of severe or even deadly wounds given oneG3572 →
- spearlogchēthe iron point or head of a spear, a lance, spearG3057 →
- bloodhaimablood, of man or animals, refers to the seat of life, of those things that resemble…G129 →
- sidepleurathe side of the bodyG4125 →
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This passage concerning the piercing of Christ's side after his death is recorded only by this evangelist. I. Observe the superstition of the Jews, which occasioned it (Joh 19:31): Because it was the preparation for the sabbath, and that sabbath day, because it fell in the passover-week, was a high day, that they…
— Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on verses 31-37