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Selected Verse: John 19:30 - King James
Verse |
Translation |
Text |
Joh 19:30 |
King James |
When Jesus therefore had received the vinegar, he said, It is finished: and he bowed his head, and gave up the ghost. |
Summary Of Commentaries Associated With The Selected Verse
A Commentary, Critical, Practical, and Explanatory on the Old and New Testaments, by Robert Jamieson, A.R. Fausset and David Brown [1882] |
It is finished! and he bowed his head and gave up the ghost--What is finished? The Law is fulfilled as never before, nor since, in His "obedience unto death, even the death of the cross"; Messianic prophecy is accomplished; Redemption is completed; "He hath finished the transgression, and made reconciliation for iniquity, and brought in everlasting righteousness, and sealed up the vision and prophecy, and anointed a holy of holies"; He has inaugurated the kingdom of God and given birth to a new world. |
The Scofield Bible Commentary, by Cyrus Ingerson Scofield, [1917] |
It is finished
It is the Victor's cry. (Joh 4:34); (Joh 17:4); (Rom 10:4); (Gal 3:13); (Heb 10:5-10).
and gave up
delivered up his spirit.
(See Scofield) - (Mat 27:50). |
Vincent's Word Studies, by Marvin R. Vincent [1886] |
Gave up the ghost (παρέδωκε τὸ πνεῦμα)
Rev., his spirit. Matthew, ἀφῆκεν dismissed. Mark, ἐξέπνευσεν, breathed forth (his life). So Luke, who adds, "Father, into thy hands I commend (παρατίθεμαι, see on Luk 9:16) my spirit." |
Explanatory Notes on the Whole Bible, by John Wesley [1754-65] |
It is finished - My suffering: the purchase of man's redemption. He delivered up his spirit - To God, Mat 27:50. |
Adam Clarke Commentary on the Whole Bible - Published 1810-1826 |
It is finished - As if he had said: "I have executed the great designs of the Almighty - I have satisfied the demands of his justice - I have accomplished all that was written in the prophets, and suffered the utmost malice of my enemies; and now the way to the holy of holies is made manifest through my blood." An awful, yet a glorious finish. Through this tragical death God is reconciled to man, and the kingdom of heaven opened to every believing soul.
"Shout heaven and earth, this Sum of good to Man!"
See the note on Mat 27:50.
The prodigies which happened at our Lord's death, and which are mentioned by the other three evangelists, are omitted by John, because he found the others had sufficiently stated them, and it appears he had nothing new to add. |
50 Jesus, when he had cried again with a loud voice, yielded up the ghost.
5 Wherefore when he cometh into the world, he saith, Sacrifice and offering thou wouldest not, but a body hast thou prepared me:
6 In burnt offerings and sacrifices for sin thou hast had no pleasure.
7 Then said I, Lo, I come (in the volume of the book it is written of me,) to do thy will, O God.
8 Above when he said, Sacrifice and offering and burnt offerings and offering for sin thou wouldest not, neither hadst pleasure therein; which are offered by the law;
9 Then said he, Lo, I come to do thy will, O God. He taketh away the first, that he may establish the second.
10 By the which will we are sanctified through the offering of the body of Jesus Christ once for all.
13 Christ hath redeemed us from the curse of the law, being made a curse for us: for it is written, Cursed is every one that hangeth on a tree:
4 For Christ is the end of the law for righteousness to every one that believeth.
4 I have glorified thee on the earth: I have finished the work which thou gavest me to do.
34 Jesus saith unto them, My meat is to do the will of him that sent me, and to finish his work.
16 Then he took the five loaves and the two fishes, and looking up to heaven, he blessed them, and brake, and gave to the disciples to set before the multitude.
50 Jesus, when he had cried again with a loud voice, yielded up the ghost.
50 Jesus, when he had cried again with a loud voice, yielded up the ghost.