約翰福音 19:35

35 看 見 這 事 的 那 人 就 作 見 證 ─ 他 的 見 證 也 是 真 的 ， 並 且 他 知 道 自 己 所 說 的 是 真 的 ─ 叫 你 們 也 可 以 信 。

約翰福音 19:35 Meaning and Commentary

John 19:35

And he that saw it, bare record
Meaning himself, John the evangelist, the writer of this Gospel, who, in his great modesty, frequently conceals himself, under one circumlocution or another; he was an eyewitness of this fact, not only of the piercing of his side with a spear, but of the blood and water flowing out of it; which he saw with his eyes, and bore record of to others, and by this writing; and was ready to attest it in any form it should be desired:

and his record is true;
though it is not mentioned by any of the other evangelists, none of them but himself being present at that time: and he knoweth that he saith true;
meaning either God or Christ, who knew all things; and so it is a sort of appeal to God or Christ, for the truth of what he affirmed, as some think; or rather himself, who was fully assured that he was under no deception, and was far from telling an untruth; having seen the thing done with his eyes, and being led into the mystery of it by the Divine Spirit; see ( 1 John 5:6 1 John 5:8 ) wherefore he could, and did declare it with the strongest asseverations:

that ye might believe;
the truth of the fact, and in Christ, both for the expiation of the guilt of sin, and cleansing from the filth of it; both for sanctifying and justifying grace, which the water and the blood were an emblem of.

約翰福音 19:35 In-Context

33 只 是 來 到 耶 穌 那 裡 ， 見 他 已 經 死 了 ， 就 不 打 斷 他 的 腿 。

34 惟 有 一 個 兵 拿 槍 扎 他 的 肋 旁 ， 隨 即 有 血 和 水 流 出 來 。

35 看 見 這 事 的 那 人 就 作 見 證 ─ 他 的 見 證 也 是 真 的 ， 並 且 他 知 道 自 己 所 說 的 是 真 的 ─ 叫 你 們 也 可 以 信 。

36 這 些 事 成 了 ， 為 要 應 驗 經 上 的 話 說 ： 他 的 骨 頭 一 根 也 不 可 折 斷 。

37 經 上 又 有 一 句 說 ： 他 們 要 仰 望 自 己 所 扎 的 人 。