John 19:35 — KJV with Strong's Concordance

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³⁵And he that saw it bare record, and his record is true: and he knoweth that he saith true, that ye might believe.

John 19:35 —

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Original word meaning

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Cross-References

From the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

John 21:24
This is the disciple which testifieth of these things, and wrote these things: and we know that his testimony is true.
Hebrews 2:3-4
How shall we escape, if we neglect so great salvation; which at the first began to be spoken by the Lord, and was confirmed unto us by them that heard him; …
John 15:27
And ye also shall bear witness, because ye have been with me from the beginning.
1 John 1:1-3
That which was from the beginning, which we have heard, which we have seen with our eyes, which we have looked upon, and our hands have handled, of the Word of life; …
Romans 15:4
For whatsoever things were written aforetime were written for our learning, that we through patience and comfort of the scriptures might have hope.

Commentary

Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary on the Bible (1710)

(vv. 31-37)

This passage concerning the piercing of Christ’s side after his death is recorded only by this evangelist. I. Observe the superstition of the Jews, which occasioned it (John 19:31): Because it was the preparation for the sabbath, and that sabbath day, because it fell in the passover-week, was a high day, that they might show a veneration for the sabbath, they would not have the dead bodies to rema…

Robert Jamieson, A. R. Fausset, David Brown’s Jamieson-Fausset-Brown Commentary (1871)

(vv. 35)

31-37. the preparation--sabbath eve. that the bodies should not remain--over night, against the Mosaic law (De 21:22, 23). on the sabbath day, for that sabbath day was an high day--or “great” day--the first day of unleavened bread, and, as concurring with an ordinary sabbath, the most solemn season of the ecclesiastical year. Hence their peculiar jealousy lest the law should be infringed. besought…