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Jesus’ Side Is Pierced

John 19:34

In 9 translations

BSB
Instead, one of the soldiers pierced His side with a spear, and immediately blood and water flowed out.
KJV
But one of the soldiers with a spear pierced his side, and forthwith came there out blood and water.
WEB
However, one of the soldiers pierced his side with a spear, and immediately blood and water came out.
ASV
howbeit one of the soldiers with a spear pierced his side, and straightway there came out blood and water.
LSV
but one of the soldiers pierced His side with a spear, and immediately there came forth blood and water;
YLT
but one of the soldiers with a spear did pierce his side, and immediately there came forth blood and water;
DBY
but one of the soldiers pierced his side with a spear, and immediately there came out blood and water.
DRC
But one of the soldiers with a spear opened his side, and immediately there came out blood and water.
GNV
But one of the souldiers with a speare pearced his side, and foorthwith came there out blood and water.

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Spelling, punctuation and minor wording (2)
  • Word order: Textus Receptus, Byzantine text place ἐξῆλθεν elsewhere in this verse.
  • Spelling of εὐθὺς: Byzantine text: εὐθέως.
SBLGNT apparatus (1)

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  • SBLGNT: ἐξῆλθεν εὐθὺς. Westcott and Hort (1881), Tregelles, Nestle–Aland 28th edition read ἐξῆλθεν εὐθὺς; Robinson–Pierpont read εὐθέως ἐξῆλθεν.

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Original-language editions

SBLGNT
ἀλλʼ εἷς τῶν στρατιωτῶν λόγχῃ αὐτοῦ τὴν πλευρὰν ἔνυξεν, καὶ ἐξῆλθεν εὐθὺς αἷμα καὶ ὕδωρ.
RP2018
ἀλλ’ εἷς τῶν στρατιωτῶν λόγχῃ αὐτοῦ τὴν πλευρὰν ἔνυξεν, καὶ εὐθέως ἐξῆλθεν αἷμα καὶ ὕδωρ.
TR-Boyd
ἀλλ᾿ εἷς τῶν στρατιωτῶν λόγχῃ αὐτοῦ τὴν πλευρὰν ἔνυξε, καὶ εὐθὺς ἐξῆλθεν αἷμα καὶ ὕδωρ.
SCR1894
αλλ εις των στρατιωτων λογχη αυτου την πλευραν ενυξεν και ευθυς εξηλθεν αιμα και υδωρ

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◆ Holy Week◆ Crucifixion and Burial

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  • The crucifixion and burial of Jesus Soldiers crucify Jesus at Golgotha; in Mark, he is mocked, darkness falls, he cries out with the opening of Psalm 22 and dies, and the templ…

Cross-references most cited first

  • 1 John 5:6This is the One who came by water and blood, Jesus Christ—not by water alone, but by water and blood. And it is the Spirit who testifies to this, because the Spirit is the truth.
  • Zechariah 12:10Then I will pour out on the house of David and on the people of Jerusalem a spirit of grace and prayer, and they will look on Me, the One they have pierced. They will mourn for Him as one mourns for an only child, and…
  • Zechariah 13:1“On that day a fountain will be opened to the house of David and the people of Jerusalem, to cleanse them from sin and impurity.
  • 1 John 5:8the Spirit, the water, and the blood—and these three are in agreement.
  • Titus 3:5–7He saved us, not by the righteous deeds we had done, but according to His mercy, through the washing of new birth and renewal by the Holy Spirit. This is the Spirit He poured out on us abundantly through Jesus Christ…
  • Ezekiel 36:25I will also sprinkle clean water on you, and you will be clean. I will cleanse you from all your impurities and all your idols.
  • Revelation 7:14“Sir,” I answered, “you know.” So he replied, “These are the ones who have come out of the great tribulation; they have washed their robes and made them white in the blood of the Lamb.
  • Ephesians 5:26to sanctify her, cleansing her by the washing with water through the word,
  • Psalms 51:7Purify me with hyssop, and I will be clean; wash me, and I will be whiter than snow.
  • Revelation 1:5and from Jesus Christ, the faithful witness, the firstborn from the dead, and the ruler of the kings of the earth. To Him who loves us and has released us from our sins by His blood,
  • 1 Corinthians 1:30It is because of Him that you are in Christ Jesus, who has become for us wisdom from God: our righteousness, holiness, and redemption.
  • 1 John 1:6–9If we say we have fellowship with Him yet walk in the darkness, we lie and do not practice the truth. But if we walk in the light as He is in the light, we have fellowship with one another, and the blood of Jesus His…
  • Hebrews 10:19–22Therefore, brothers, since we have confidence to enter the Most Holy Place by the blood of Jesus, by the new and living way opened for us through the curtain of His body, and since we have a great priest over the house…
  • Hebrews 9:13For if the blood of goats and bulls and the ashes of a heifer sprinkled on those who are ceremonially unclean sanctify them so that their bodies are clean,
  • Hebrews 9:22According to the law, in fact, nearly everything must be purified with blood, and without the shedding of blood there is no forgiveness.
  • 1 Peter 3:21And this water symbolizes the baptism that now saves you also—not the removal of dirt from the body, but the pledge of a clear conscience toward God—through the resurrection of Jesus Christ,

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