Yohanes 1:30

1:30 This is the one about whom I said, ‘After me comes a man who is greater than I am, ¹  because he existed before me.’

Yohanes 10:41

10:41 Many ²  came to him and began to say, “John ³  performed ⁴  no miraculous sign, but everything John said about this man ⁵  was true!”

Yohanes 19:28

Jesus’ Death

19:28 After this Jesus, realizing that by this time ⁶  everything was completed, ⁷  said (in order to fulfill the scripture), ⁸  “I am thirsty!” ⁹ 

Yohanes 21:24

A Final Note

21:24 This is the disciple who testifies about these things and has written these things, and we know that his testimony is true.

[1:30]  ¹ tn Or “has a higher rank than I.”

[10:41]  ² tn Grk “And many.” Because of the difference between Greek style, which often begins sentences or clauses with “and,” and English style, which generally does not, καί (kai) has not been translated here.

[10:41]  ³ sn John refers to John the Baptist.

[10:41]  ⁴ tn Grk “did.”

[10:41]  ⁵ tn Grk “this one.”

[19:28]  ⁶ tn Or “that already.”

[19:28]  ⁷ tn Or “finished,” “accomplished”; Grk “fulfilled.”

[19:28]  ⁸ sn A reference to Ps 69:21 or Ps 22:15.

[19:28]  ⁹ sn In order to fulfill (τελειωθῇ [teleiwqh], a wordplay on the previous statement that everything was completed [τετέλεσται, tetelestai]) the scripture, he said, “I am thirsty.” The scripture referred to is probably Ps 69:21, “They also gave me gall for my food, and for my thirst they gave me vinegar to drink.” Also suggested, however, is Ps 22:15, “My tongue cleaves to the roof of my mouth, and you [God] lay me in the dust of death.” Ps 22:1 reads “My God, my God, why have you forsaken me?,” a statement Jesus makes from the cross in both Matt 27:46 and Mark 15:34. In light of the connection in the Fourth Gospel between thirst and the living water which Jesus offers, it is highly ironic that here Jesus himself, the source of that living water, expresses his thirst. And since 7:39 associates the living water with the Holy Spirit, Jesus’ statement here in 19:28 amounts to an admission that at this point he has been forsaken by God (cf. Ps 22:1, Matt 27:46, and Mark 15:34).