John 19 · Verse 30

John 19:30

When Jesus therefore had received the vinegar, he said, It is finished: and he bowed his head, and gave up the ghost.
John 19:30, King James Version

John 19:30 in other translations

BSBWhen Jesus had received the sour wine, He said, “It is finished.” And bowing His head, He yielded up His spirit.
WEBWhen Jesus therefore had received the vinegar, he said, “It is finished!” Then he bowed his head and gave up his spirit.
ASVWhen Jesus therefore had received the vinegar, he said, It is finished: and he bowed his head, and gave up his spirit.
YLTwhen, therefore, Jesus received the vinegar, he said, ‘It hath been finished;' and having bowed the head, gave up the spirit.
DARBYWhen therefore Jesus had received the vinegar, he said, It is finished; and having bowed his head, he delivered up his spirit.
BBESo when Jesus had taken the wine he said, All is done. And with his head bent he gave up his spirit.
WebsterWhen Jesus therefore had received the vinegar, he said, It is finished: and he bowed his head, and expired.

What does John 19:30 mean?

Jamieson-Fausset-Brown on John 19:28-30

28-30. After this, Jesus knowing that all things were now accomplished--that is, the moment for the fulfilment of the last of them; for there was one other small particular, and the time was come for that too, in consequence of the burning thirst which the fevered state of His frame occasioned (Psa 22:15). that the scripture--(Psa 69:21). might be fulfilled saith, I thirst. Now there was set a vessel full of…

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Barnes' Notes
Verse 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!

(b) "It is finished" Jn 17:4 (c) "gave up the ghost" Isa 53:10,12, Heb 2:14,15

Albert Barnes, 1834 · public domain

Adam Clarke's Commentary
Verse 30 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.

Adam Clarke, 1831 · public domain

Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on John 19:19-30

Here are some remarkable circumstances of Jesus' death, more fully related than before. Pilate would not gratify the chief priests by allowing the writing to be altered; which was doubtless owing to a secret power of God upon his heart, that this statement of our Lord's character and authority might continue. Many things done by the Roman soldiers were fulfilments of the prophecies of the Old Testament. All things…

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John 19:30 in the original Greek

Word-by-word with transliteration, English gloss and Strong's number. Tap a number for the full definition and every place the word is used.

ὅτεhoteWhenG3753
οὖνounthenG3767
ἔλαβενelabentookG2983
τὸtotheG3588
ὄξοςoxossour wineG3690
ὁho<the>G3588
ἸησοῦςIēsousJesusG2424
εἶπεν·eipenHe said;G2036
τετέλεσται.tetelestaiIt has been finished.G5055
καὶkaiAndG2532
κλίναςklinashaving bowedG2827
τὴνtēntheG3588
κεφαλὴνkephalēnheadG2776
παρέδωκενparedōkenHe yielded upG3860
τὸtotheG3588
πνεῦμα.¶pneumaspirit.G4151

Source: STEPBible TAHOT/TAGNT (Tyndale House, CC BY 4.0).

Cross references for John 19:30

  • John 17:4

    I have glorified thee on the earth: I have finished the work which thou gavest me to do.

  • Philippians 2:8

    And being found in fashion as a man, he humbled himself, and became obedient unto death, even the death of the cross.

  • Colossians 2:14-17

    Blotting out the handwriting of ordinances that was against us, which was contrary to us, and took it out of the way, nailing it to his cross; And having spoiled principalities and powers, he made a shew of them openly, triumphing over them in it. Let no man therefore judge you in meat, or in drink, or in respect of an holyday, or of the new moon, or of the sabbath days: Which are a shadow of things to come; but the body is of Christ.

  • John 10:11

    I am the good shepherd: the good shepherd giveth his life for the sheep.

  • Hebrews 12:2

    Looking unto Jesus the author and finisher of our faith; who for the joy that was set before him endured the cross, despising the shame, and is set down at the right hand of the throne of God.

  • Daniel 9:24

    Seventy weeks are determined upon thy people and upon thy holy city, to finish the transgression, and to make an end of sins, and to make reconciliation for iniquity, and to bring in everlasting righteousness, and to seal up the vision and prophecy, and to anoint the most Holy.

  • Isaiah 53:10

    Yet it pleased the Lord to bruise him; he hath put him to grief: when thou shalt make his soul an offering for sin, he shall see his seed, he shall prolong his days, and the pleasure of the Lord shall prosper in his hand.

  • Luke 23:46

    And when Jesus had cried with a loud voice, he said, Father, into thy hands I commend my spirit: and having said thus, he gave up the ghost.

  • Hebrews 9:11-14

    But Christ being come an high priest of good things to come, by a greater and more perfect tabernacle, not made with hands, that is to say, not of this building; Neither by the blood of goats and calves, but by his own blood he entered in once into the holy place, having obtained eternal redemption for us. For if the blood of bulls and of goats, and the ashes of an heifer sprinkling the unclean, sanctifieth to the purifying of the flesh: How much more shall the blood of Christ, who through the eternal Spirit offered himself without spot to God, purge your conscience from dead works to serve the living God?

  • Romans 10:4

    For Christ is the end of the law for righteousness to every one that believeth.

  • Mark 15:37

    And Jesus cried with a loud voice, and gave up the ghost.

  • John 19:28

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

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Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
It is.
28; *Gr:
4:34; 17:4; Ge 3:15; Ps 22:15; Isa 53:10,12; Da 9:24,26; Zec 13:7
Mt 3:15; Ro 3:25; 10:4; 1Co 5:7; Col 2:14-17; Heb 9:11-14,22-28
Heb 10:1-14; 12:2
and he.
10:11,18; Mt 20:28; 27:50; Mr 15:37; Lu 23:46; Php 2:8; Heb 2:14,15

Treasury of Scripture Knowledge (Samuel Bagster, c. 1836) · public domain

Context

  • John 19:29

    Now there was set a vessel full of vinegar: and they filled a spunge with vinegar, and put it upon hyssop, and put it to his mouth.

  • John 19:30

    When Jesus therefore had received the vinegar, he said, It is finished: and he bowed his head, and gave up the ghost.

  • John 19:31

    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 be broken, and that they might be taken away.

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John 19:30 in other languages

Spanish
Reina-Valera 1909
Y como Jesús tomó el vinagre, dijo: Consumado es. Y habiendo inclinado la cabeza, dió el espíritu.
French
Bible J.N. Darby 1885
Quand donc Jésus eut pris le vinaigre, il dit: C’est accompli. Et ayant baissé la tête, il remit son esprit.
German
Elberfelder 1871
Als nun Jesus den Essig genommen hatte, sprach er: Es ist vollbracht! und er neigte das Haupt und übergab den Geist.
Latin
Clementine Vulgate
Cum ergo accepisset Jesus acetum, dixit: Consummatum est. Et inclinato capite tradidit spiritum.