And again another scripture saith, They shall look on him whom they pierced.They shall look on him whom they have pierced — He was pierced by the soldier's spear. They who have occasioned his sufferings by their sins (and who has not?) shall either look upon him in this world with penitential sorrow: or with terror, when he cometh in the clouds of heaven, Revelation 1:7. Zechariah 12:10. read more
§ 141. JESUS ON THE CROSS, John 19:18-30 . Matthew 27:35-50; Mark 15:24-37; Luke 23:33-46. See notes on parallel sections. read more
The thirst and death of Jesus, John 19:28-30. 28. After this That is, subsequent not merely to the event last narrated, but to all the events narrated. The last preceding event was the cry of Jesus, “Eloi, Eloi;” and the present furnishing of drink is parallel with Matthew 27:48. All things… accomplished All his sufferings up to the now closing point. Scripture… fulfilled Some commentators refer this clause to what precedes; and the sense would then be that all things were accomplished... read more
29. Hyssop It is not well known what plant is here specified. But a sort of hyssop is described with a seedy stalk about a foot and a half long. Such a stalk would have been long enough to reach the mouth of a crucified person, inasmuch as the cross was not usually very elevated. read more
30. Vinegar The poscha or acid drink sufficiently stimulant to quench thirst, used by the common soldiery. It is finished That is, the great work of suffering is finished. Primarily it thus has a reference to the past. Yet all the great results which that past suffering embodies are secured and accomplished. The great reparation for the fall of man is achieved, and in that achievement a glorious eternity for the human race, conditioned upon faith, is purchased. Through suffering and death... read more
§ 142. THE TRANSACTIONS OF JESUS’S DEATH AND ENTOMBMENT, John 19:31-42 . 31. Bodies should not remain By the more barbarous Roman custom the bodies of the malefactors could remain upon the cross until disintegrated by corruption or devoured by birds. But by the Mosaic law (Deuteronomy 21:23) they must be removed and buried before nightfall. The Jewish rulers doubtless desired that the corpse of Jesus should be as soon as possible removed from public sight. A high day The Jewish... read more
32. Came the soldiers At a little after three o’clock the soldiers, either the four who had watched the crucifixion, or a special number sent by Pilate, came to the two thieves first and to Jesus last, as being in the middle. read more
33. Jesus… dead already Our Lord had been upon the cross but some six hours, and malefactors have been known to endure the pains of crucifixion for two or three days. But the extraordinary sufferings of Jesus had speedily wrought their work upon his delicate though healthy frame. The question raised by modern sceptics, whether Jesus really died, or whether his present state was a swoon from which he may have recovered, was unknown to the ancient Church. That age as little doubted the... read more
34. One of the soldiers As if to make assurance doubly sure. Blood and water It has been well known in all ages that the blood of a dead man forthwith coagulates and will not flow. So that the ancient Greek commentator, Euthymius, says: “From the body of a dead man, though it should be pierced ten thousand times, no blood would issue.” Hence the early Church held this blood-and-water stream from the side of Jesus to be miraculous. In our own day, also, Mr. Andrews, in his Life of our Lord,... read more
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Wesley's Explanatory Notes - John 19:36
For these things were done, that the scripture should be fulfilled, A bone of him shall not be broken.A bone of it shall not be broken — This was originally spoken of the paschal lamb, an eminent type of Christ. Exodus 12:46. read more