John 19:28

Contemporary English Version

Jesus knew that he had now finished his work. And in order to make the Scriptures come true, he said, "I am thirsty!"

Parallel Translations

Simplified Cowboy Version
After this, when everything had nearly been accomplished, Jesus said, "I'm so thirsty." He said this to fulfill the Good Book's final prophecy about his death.

Legacy Standard Bible
After this, Jesus, knowing that all things had already been finished, in order to finish the Scripture, *said, "I am thirsty."

New American Standard Bible (1995)
After this, Jesus, knowing that all things had already been accomplished, to fulfill the Scripture, said, "I am thirsty."

Bible in Basic English
After this, being conscious that all things had now been done so that the Writings might come true, Jesus said, Give me water.

Darby Translation
After this, Jesus, knowing that all things were now finished, that the scripture might be fulfilled, says, I thirst.

New King James Version
After this, Jesus, knowing [fn] that all things were now accomplished, that the Scripture might be fulfilled, said, "I thirst!"

Christian Standard Bible®
After this, when Jesus knew that everything was now accomplished that the Scripture might be fulfilled, He said, "I'm thirsty!"

World English Bible
After this, Jesus, seeing that all things were now finished, that the Scripture might be fulfilled, said, "I am thirsty."

Wesley's New Testament (1755)
After this, Jesus knowing, that all things were now accomplished, that the scripture might be fulfilled, saith, I thirst.

Weymouth's New Testament
After this, Jesus, knowing that everything was now brought to an end, said--that the Scripture might be fulfilled, "I am thirsty."

King James Version (1611)
After this, Iesus knowing that all things were now accomplished, that the Scripture might be fulfilled, saith, I thirst.

Literal Translation
After this, knowing that all things have now been finished that the Scripture be completed, Jesus said, I thirst.

Miles Coverdale Bible (1535)
After that whan Iesus knewe that all was perfourmed, that the scripture might be fulfylled, he sayde: I am a thyrst.

Mace New Testament (1729)
after this, Jesus knowing that all things were now accomplished, that the scripture might be be fulfilled, said, I thirst.

THE MESSAGE
Jesus, seeing that everything had been completed so that the Scripture record might also be complete, then said, "I'm thirsty."

Amplified Bible
After this, Jesus, knowing that all was now finished, said in fulfillment of the Scripture, "I am thirsty."

American Standard Version
After this Jesus, knowing that all things are now finished, that the scripture might be accomplished, saith, I thirst.

Revised Standard Version
After this Jesus, knowing that all was now finished, said (to fulfil the scripture), "I thirst."

Tyndale New Testament (1525)
After that when Iesus perceaved that all thinges were performed: that the scripture myght be fulfilled he sayde: I thyrst.

Update Bible Version
After this Jesus, knowing that all things are now finished, that the scripture might be accomplished, says, I thirst.

Webster's Bible Translation
After this, Jesus knowing that all things were now accomplished, that the scripture might be fulfilled, saith, I thirst.

Young's Literal Translation
After this, Jesus knowing that all things now have been finished, that the Writing may be fulfilled, saith, `I thirst;'

New Century Version
After this, Jesus knew that everything had been done. So that the Scripture would come true, he said, "I am thirsty."

New English Translation
After this Jesus, realizing that by this time everything was completed, said (in order to fulfill the scripture), "I am thirsty!"

Berean Standard Bible
After this, knowing that everything had now been accomplished, and to fulfill the Scripture, Jesus said, "I am thirsty."

Complete Jewish Bible
After this, knowing that all things had accomplished their purpose, Yeshua, in order to fulfill the words of the Tanakh, said, "I'm thirsty."

English Standard Version
After this, Jesus, knowing that all was now finished, said (to fulfill the Scripture), "I thirst."

Geneva Bible (1587)
After, when Iesus knew that all things were performed, that the Scripture might be fulfilled, he said, I thirst.

George Lamsa Translation
After these things Jesus knew that everything was now accomplished; and that the scripture might be fulfilled, he said, I thirst.

Hebrew Names Version
After this, Yeshua, seeing that all things were now finished, that the Scripture might be fulfilled, said, "I am thirsty."

International Standard Version
After this, when Jesus realized that everything was now completed, he said (in order to fulfill the Scripture), "I'm thirsty."Psalm 69:21;">[xr]

Etheridge Translation
After these Jeshu knew that every thing would be accomplished, and, that the scripture might be fulfilled, said, I thirst. [fn]

Murdock Translation
After these things, Jesus knew that every thing was finished; and, that the scripture might be fulfilled, he said: I thirst.

New Living Translation
Jesus knew that his mission was now finished, and to fulfill Scripture he said, "I am thirsty."

New Life Bible
Jesus knew that everything was now finished. Everything happened as the Holy Writings said it would happen. He said, "I am thirsty."

English Revised Version
After this Jesus, knowing that all things are now finished, that the scripture might be accomplished, saith, I thirst.

New Revised Standard
After this, when Jesus knew that all was now finished, he said (in order to fulfill the scripture), "I am thirsty."

J.B. Rotherham Emphasized Bible
After this, Jesus, knowing that, already, all things, have been finished, - that the Scripture might be fulfilled, saith - I thirst!

Douay-Rheims Bible
Afterwards, Jesus knowing that all things were now accomplished, that the scripture might be fulfilled, said: I thirst.

King James Version
After this, Jesus knowing that all things were now accomplished, that the scripture might be fulfilled, saith, I thirst.

Lexham English Bible
After this, Jesus, knowing that now at last everything was completed, in order that the scripture would be fulfilled, said, "I am thirsty."

Bishop's Bible (1568)
After these thynges, Iesus knowyng that all thynges were nowe perfourmed, that the scripture might be fulfylled, he sayth, I thirste.

Easy-to-Read Version
Later, Jesus knew that everything had been done. To make the Scriptures come true he said, "I am thirsty."

New American Standard Bible
After this, Jesus, knowing that all things had already been accomplished, in order that the Scripture would be fulfilled, said, "I am thirsty."

Good News Translation
Jesus knew that by now everything had been completed; and in order to make the scripture come true, he said, "I am thirsty."

Wycliffe Bible (1395)
Aftirward Jhesus witynge, that now alle thingis ben endid, that the scripture were fulfillid, he seith, Y thirste.

Contextual Overview

¹⁹ Pilate ordered the charge against Jesus to be written on a board and put above the cross. It read, "Jesus of Nazareth, King of the Jews." ²⁰ The words were written in Hebrew, Latin, and Greek. The place where Jesus was taken wasn't far from the city, and many of the Jewish people read the charge against him. ²¹ So the chief priests went to Pilate and said, "Why did you write that he is King of the Jews? You should have written, ‘He claimed to be King of the Jews.'" ²² But Pilate told them, "What is written will not be changed!" ²³ After the soldiers had nailed Jesus to the cross, they divided up his clothes into four parts, one for each of them. But his outer garment was made from a single piece of cloth, and it did not have any seams. ²⁴ The soldiers said to each other, "Let's not rip it apart. We will gamble to see who gets it." This happened so that the Scriptures would come true, which say, "They divided up my clothes and gambled for my garments." The soldiers then did what they had decided. ²⁵ Jesus' mother stood beside his cross with her sister and Mary the wife of Clopas. Mary Magdalene was standing there too. ²⁶ When Jesus saw his mother and his favorite disciple with her, he said to his mother, "This man is now your son." ²⁷ Then he said to the disciple, "She is now your mother." From then on, that disciple took her into his own home. ²⁸ Jesus knew that he had now finished his work. And in order to make the Scriptures come true, he said, "I am thirsty!"

Bible Verse Review
  from Treasury of Scripure Knowledge

Jesus: John 19:30, John 13:1, John 18:4, Luke 9:31, Luke 12:50, Luke 18:31, Luke 22:37, Acts 13:29

that the: Psalms 22:15, Psalms 69:21

Reciprocal: Judges 15:18 - he was sore 1 Kings 2:27 - that he 1 Kings 12:15 - that he might Psalms 69:3 - my throat Ecclesiastes 3:14 - nothing Daniel 9:24 - seal up Matthew 2:15 - that Matthew 4:14 - it Matthew 12:17 - it Matthew 26:24 - Son of man goeth Matthew 27:34 - gave Matthew 27:46 - Jesus Mark 11:12 - he was Mark 14:21 - goeth Mark 15:23 - they Mark 15:36 - General Luke 23:36 - General John 4:7 - Give John 10:35 - the scripture John 19:24 - that Acts 1:16 - this Acts 13:25 - fulfilled Acts 13:27 - they have Ephesians 4:10 - fill Revelation 17:17 - until

Cross-References

Genesis 19:10
But the two angels in the house reached out and pulled Lot safely inside.

Genesis 19:11
Then they struck everyone in the crowd blind, and none of them could even find the door.

Psalms 107:34
flowing streams into scorched land, and fruitful fields into beds of salt.

2 Peter 2:7
Lot lived right and was greatly troubled by the terrible way those wicked people were living. He was a good man, and day after day he suffered because of the evil things he saw and heard. So the Lord rescued him.

Jude 1:7
We should also be warned by what happened to the cities of Sodom and Gomorrah and the nearby towns. Their people became immoral and did all sorts of sexual sins. Then God made an example of them and punished them with eternal fire.

Revelation 9:2
As it opened the tunnel, smoke poured out like the smoke of a great furnace. The sun and the air turned dark because of the smoke.

Revelation 18:9
Every king on earth who slept with her and shared in her luxury will mourn. They will weep, when they see the smoke from that fire.

Revelation 18:18
When they saw the smoke from her fire, they shouted, "This was the greatest city ever!"

Revelation 19:3
Then the crowd shouted, "Praise the Lord! Smoke will never stop rising from her burning body."

Revelation 21:8
But I will tell you what will happen to cowards and to everyone who is unfaithful or dirty-minded or who murders or is sexually immoral or uses witchcraft or worships idols or tells lies. They will be thrown into that lake of fire and burning sulfur. This is the second death.

Gill's Notes on the Bible

After this,.... After he had committed his mother to the care of John, which was about the sixth hour, before the darkness came over the land: and three hours after this was the following circumstance, which was not without the previous knowledge of Christ:

Jesus knowing that all things were now accomplished; or just upon being accomplished, were as good as finished; and as they were to be, would be in a very short time; even all things relating to his sufferings, and the circumstances of them, which were afore appointed by God, and foretold in prophecy, and of which he had perfect knowledge:

that the Scripture might be fulfilled: might appear to have its accomplishment, which predicted the great drought and thirst that should be on him, Psalms 22:15 and that his enemies at such a time would give him vinegar to drink, Psalms 69:21

saith, I thirst; which was literally true of him, and may be also understood spiritually of his great thirst and eager desire after the salvation of his people.

Barnes' Notes on the Bible

See the notes at Matthew 27:46-50.

That the scripture might be fulfilled, saith, I thirst - See Psalms 69:21. Thirst was one of the most distressing circumstances attending the crucifixion. The wounds were highly inflamed, and a raging fever was caused, usually, by the sufferings on the cross, and this was accompanied by insupportable thirst. See the notes at Matthew 27:35. A Mameluke, or Turkish officer, was crucified, it is said in an Arabic manuscript recently translated, on the banks of the Barada River, under the castle of Damascus. He was nailed to the cross on Friday, and remained until Sunday noon, when he died. After giving an account of the crucifixion, the narrator proceeds: “I have heard this from one who witnessed it; and he thus remained until he died, patient and silent, without wailing, but looking around him to the right and the left, upon the people. But he begged for water, and none was given him; and the hearts of the people were melted with compassion for him, and with pity on one of God’s creatures, who, yet a boy, was suffering under so grievous a trial. In the meantime the water was flowing around him, and he gazed upon it, and longed for one drop of it; and he complained of thirst all the first day, after which he was silent, for God gave him strength” - Wiseman’s Lectures, pp. 164, 165, ed.

John 19:30

It is finished - The sufferings and agonies in redeeming man are over. The work long contemplated, long promised, long expected by prophets and saints, is done. The toils in the ministry, the persecutions and mockeries, and the pangs of the garden and the cross, are ended, and man is redeemed. What a wonderful declaration was this! How full of consolation to man! And how should this dying declaration of the Saviour reach every heart and affect every soul!

Clarke's Notes on the Bible

Verse 28. I thirst. — The scripture that referred to his drinking the vinegar is Psalms 69:21. The fatigue which he had undergone, the grief he had felt, the heat of the day, and the loss of blood, were the natural causes of this thirst. This he would have borne without complaint; but he wished to give them the fullest proof of his being the Messiah, by distinctly marking how every thing relative to the Messiah, which had been written in the prophets, had its complete fulfilment in him.