John 19:28-30
“After this, Jesus knowing that all things were now accomplished, that the scripture might be fulfilled, saith, I thirst. 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.”
King James Version
Jesus crying 'I thirst' to fulfill Psalm 69:21, the vinegar on hyssop at the cross.
Fulfillment References
Psalm 69:21 Psalm 22:15 Matthew 27:48
How Traditions Read This Prophecy
Apostolic (Oneness) Pentecostal'That the scripture might be fulfilled, [he] saith, I thirst' (Ps. 69:21; 22:15), and then, 'It is finished.' The Lord Jesus consciously fulfilled the Scriptures to the last detail, then declared the work of redemption complete. God in flesh finished what no other could — and gave up the ghost by His own will (John 10:18).
JewishThe crucifixion account is not received in Jewish tradition; the 'thirst' echoes the sufferer's distress in the Psalms.
CatholicChrist's 'I thirst' and 'It is finished' (consummatum est) — the completion of His redemptive sacrifice; rich in liturgy and devotion (cf. the Catechism).
ProtestantJesus deliberately fulfills Scripture ('I thirst') and proclaims the finished work of atonement ('It is finished').
AcademicJohn presents the death as the scripturally-scripted completion of Jesus' mission; 'it is finished' (tetelestai) carries the sense of a debt paid in full.
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