John 19:34 Commentary, explanation, study verse by verse

“ But one of the soldiers with a spear pierced his side, and forthwith came there out blood and water. ”

• John 19:34 - Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

  One of the soldiers - One of those appointed to watch the bodies until they were dead. This man appears to have doubted whether he was dead, and, in order to see whether he was not yet sensible,...

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• John 19:34 - Arno Geneva Study Bible

  (11) But one of the soldiers with a spear (d) pierced his side, and forthwith came there out blood and water. (11) Christ, being dead upon the cross, witnesses by a double sign that he alone is the...

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• John 19:34 - Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

  The Lance-thrust and the Burial. It has been said that these verses contain parts of two accounts of burial, by the Jews, and by Joseph. In reality the Jews only demand that the law of Deuteronomy...

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• John 19:34 - Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

  pierced . Greek. nusso . Occurs only here. side . Greek. pleura, Only here; John 20:20 ; John 20:25 ; John 20:27 ; Acts 12:7 . forthwith . immediately. Greek euthus. blood and water....

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• John 19:34 - Calvin's Commentary on the Bible

  34. But one of the soldiers pierced his side with a spear. When the soldier pierced Christ’s side with his spear, he did so for the purpose of ascertaining if he was dead; but God had a h...

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• John 19:34 - Charles Simeon's Horae Homileticae

  DISCOURSE: 1727 THE TREATMENT OF OUR LORD’S BODY ON THE CROSS John 19:31-37 . The Jews therefore, because it was the preparation, that the bodies should not remain upon the cross on the sabbath...

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• John 19:34 - Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

  But one of the soldiers with a spear pierced his side, and forthwith came there out blood and water. With a spear pierced his side - The soldier who pierced our Lord's side has been called by the Rom...

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• John 19:34 - Coke's Commentary on the Holy Bible

  And forthwith, &c.— Whether this was, as Dr. Drake and several others suppose, the small quantity of water inclosed in the pericardium, in which the heart swims, or whether the cruor was no...

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• John 19:34 - Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

  But one of the soldiers with a spear pierced his side, and forthwith came there out blood and water. But one of the soldiers - to make assurance of the fact doubly sure But one of the soldi...

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• John 19:34 - Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

  The Crucifixion. The Burial 1-3. Inside the Prætorium. Scourging and mockery by the soldiers ( Matthew 27:26 ; Mark 15:15 ). It might be supposed from Mt and Mk that the scourging was only the or...

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• John 19:34 - Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

  But one of the soldiers with a spear pierced his side. — They had seen that He was dead, and therefore did not break the legs. To cause death was not, then, the object in piercing the side; and yet...

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• John 19:34 - Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

  XXI. THE CRUCIFIXION. "The soldiers therefore, when they had crucified Jesus, took His garments, and made four parts, to every soldier a part; and also the coat: now the coat was without seam,...

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• John 19:34 - Frederick Brotherton Meyer's Commentary

  the Pierced Side John 19:31-37 How punctilious the Jewish leaders were to maintain each detail of their ritual! Remember that there is a religiousness which is not religion but its counterfeit....

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• John 19:34 - G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

  Here once more we have the story of the Cross, and once again it is a story to be read almost without note or comment. The picture of our Lord led forth and presented to the crowds by Pilate is one o...

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• John 19:34 - Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

  The Jews therefore, because it was the preparation, that the bodies should not remain upon the cross on the sabbath-day, (for that sabbath-day was an high day), besought Pilate that their legs might...

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• John 19:34 - John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

  But one of the soldiers ,.... Whose name some pretend to say was Longinns, and so called from the spear with which he pierced Christ: with a spear pierced his side ; his left side, where the heart...

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• John 19:34 - John Trapp Complete Commentary

  But one of the soldiers with a spear pierced his side, and forthwith came there out blood and water. Ver. 34. But one of the soldiers with a spear ] What an odd conceit is that of the Papists, th...

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• John 19:34 - Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

  That the bodies should not remain on the cross It was customary among the Romans to let the bodies of persons who had been executed continue on the crosses, or stakes, till they were devoured by bi...

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• John 19:34 - L. M. Grant's Commentary on the Bible

  CRIMINALLY ASSAULTED IN THE COURT! (vs.1-12) Pilate then tried another desperate move, having the Lord scourged. This was gross injustice, yet he hoped by this to placate the Jews' enmity, consid...

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• John 19:34 - Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

  The Crucifixion.       31 The Jews therefore, because it was the preparation, that the bodies should not remain upon the cross on the sab...

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• John 19:34 - Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

  But one of the soldiers, to make sure of him, pierced his side, out of which it is said that there presently came forth blood and water. That there should come out blood is no wonder, nor yet t...

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• John 19:34 - Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

  The Lamb is Offered Up ( John 19:16-37 ). Meanwhile the innocent victim was being dragged through the streets of the city, and then through an outer gate in order to be crucified ‘outside the gate...

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• John 19:34 - Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

  EXPLANATORY AND CRITICAL NOTES John 19:31 . The Jews therefore, etc.… for great was that Sabbath day. —There was a twofold sanctity about the coming day, for it was not only the day at the begin...

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• John 19:34 - Spurgeon’s Verse Expositions of the Bible

  John 19:1 . Then Pilate therefore took Jesus, and scourged him. This was one of the most terrible punishments to which a man could be sentenced. The Roman scourge was no trifle. It tore off the q...

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• John 19:34 - Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

  John 19:1 . Pilate therefore took Jesus and scourged him, as stated in Matthew 27:26 . In cases where this preseded crucifixion, Cicero has recited the form of the sentence from the Roman law. I...

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• John 19:34 - The Biblical Illustrator

  The Jews therefore because it was the preparation Profanity of fanaticism They must make ready for keeping holy the Sabbath while their hands are red with the murder of the Son of God. A strok...

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• John 19:34 - The Complete Pulpit Commentary

  EXPOSITION John 19:1-43 (d) [Within the Praetorium.] The unjust scourging, and the crown of thorns. John 19:1 Then Pilate therefore took Jesus, and scourged him . The force of the "t...

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• John 19:34 - The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

  The Burial of Jesus. The piercing of the side:

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• John 19:34 - Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

  1 Corinthians 1:30 ; 1 Corinthians 6:11 ; 1 John 1:6-9 ; 1 John 5:6 ; 1 John 5:8 ; 1 Peter 3:21 ; Acts 22:16 ; Ephesians 5:26 ; Ezekiel 36:25 ; Hebrews 10:19-22 ; Hebrews 9:13 ; Hebrews 9...

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• John 19:34 - Wells of Living Water Commentary

  The Calvary Chapter John 19:16-37 INTRODUCTORY WORDS We will suggest the steppingstone which immediately precedes the Calvary experiences of our Lord and then enlarge on the Calvary events. Wh...

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• John 19:34 - Wesley's Explanatory Notes

  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 immediat...

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