John 19:34
“But one of the souldiers with a speare pierced his side, and forthwith came there out blood and water.”
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John 19:34 Context
32Then came the souldiers, and brake the legs of the first, and of the other, which was crucified with him. 33But when they came to Iesus, and saw that he was dead already, they brake not his legs. 34But one of the souldiers with a speare 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 hee saith true, that yee might beleeue. 36For these things were done, that the Scripture should be fulfilled, A bone of him shall not be broken.
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Other Translations for John 19:34
But one of the soldiers with a spear pierced his side, and forthwith came there out blood and water.
- King James Version
But one of the soldiers pierced His side with a spear, and immediately blood and water came out.
- New American Standard Version (1995)
howbeit one of the soldiers with a spear pierced his side, and straightway there came out blood and water.
- American Standard Version (1901)
But one of the men made a wound in his side with a spear, and straight away there came out blood and water.
- Basic English Bible
but one of the soldiers pierced his side with a spear, and immediately there came out blood and water.
- Darby Bible
But one of the soldiers with a spear pierced his side, and forthwith came out blood and water.
- Webster's Bible
One of the soldiers, however, made a thrust at His side with a lance, and immediately blood and water flowed out.
- Weymouth Bible
However one of the soldiers pierced his side with a spear, and immediately blood and water came out.
- World English Bible
but oon of the knyytis openyde his side with a spere, and anoon blood and watir wenten out.
- Wycliffe Bible
but one of the soldiers with a spear did pierce his side, and immediately there came forth blood and water;
- Youngs Literal Bible
Wesley's Notes for John 19:34
19:34 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 asseveration of the beholder and testifier of it, shows both the truth and greatness of the miracle and mystery.
People's Bible Notes for John 19:34
Joh 19:34 Pierced his side. Finding him lifeless, the soldiers did not break his legs, but to make sure of death thrust a spear into his side. Came there out blood and water. The water, with clots of blood, can be accounted for only the previous rupture of the heart and the flow of blood into the pericardium, or outer sack of the heart, where it would separate very rapidly into water and clots of blood. Hence, it seems certain that the immediate physical cause of the death of Christ was rupture of the heart.