Bible Strands
John 19:30
When Jesus had received the sour wine, He said, “It is finished.” And bowing His head, He yielded up His spirit.
Berean Standard Bible
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Study note
Setting — Jesus speaks on the cross after receiving sour wine, in the interval before the Jews request the breaking of legs. No audience is named in the text; it is a declaration, not an address.
The thread — The "finished" echoes John 17:4, where Jesus says He has accomplished the work given Him, and Colossians 2:14, where the debt is canceled and nailed to the cross. Philippians 2:8 frames the whole movement as obedience to death on a cross.
Why it lands — The verse presents a completed act, not a plea or a question. It asks the reader to receive a finished work rather than add to it.
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The Greek words
King James Version
When Jesus therefore had received the vinegar, he said, It is finished: and he bowed his head, and gave up the ghost.
Cross-references
- John 17:4 I have glorified You on earth by accomplishing the work You gave Me to do.
- Philippians 2:8 And being found in appearance as a man, He humbled Himself and became obedient to death—even death on a cross.
- Colossians 2:14 having canceled the debt ascribed to us in the decrees that stood against us. He took it away, nailing it to the cross!
- John 10:11 I am the good shepherd. The good shepherd lays down His life for the sheep.
- Hebrews 12:2 Let us fix our eyes on Jesus, the author and perfecter of our faith, who for the joy set before Him endured the cross, scorning its shame, and sat down at the right hand of the throne of God.
- Daniel 9:24 Seventy weeks are decreed for your people and your holy city to stop their transgression, to put an end to sin, to make atonement for iniquity, to bring in everlasting righteousness, to seal up vision and prophecy, and to anoint the Most Holy Place.
- Isaiah 53:10 Yet it was the LORD’s will to crush Him and to cause Him to suffer; and when His soul is made a guilt offering, He will see His offspring, He will prolong His days, and the good pleasure of the LORD will prosper in His hand.
- Luke 23:46 Then Jesus called out in a loud voice, “Father, into Your hands I commit My Spirit.” And when He had said this, He breathed His last.
- Hebrews 9:11 But when Christ came as high priest of the good things that have come, He went through the greater and more perfect tabernacle that is not made by hands and is not a part of this creation.
- Romans 10:4 For Christ is the end of the law, to bring righteousness to everyone who believes.