YHN 19:36 Interlinear View

1. Greek word
2. Greek lemma
3. OET-LV words
4. OET-RV words
5. Strongs
6. Role/Morphology
7. OET Gloss
8. VLT Gloss
9. CAPS codes
10. Confidence
11. OET tags
12. OET word #
1. ἐγένετο
2. ginomai
3. became
4. -
5. 10960
6. VIAM3··S
7. became
8. became
9. -
10. Y33
11. 80064
1. Γάρ
2. gar
3. For/Because
4. because
5. 10630
6. C·······
7. for
8. for
9. S
10. Y33
11. 80065
1. ταῦτα
2. houtos
3. these things
4. these
5. 37780
6. R····NNP
7. these ‹things›
8. these ‹things›
9. -
10. Y33
11. 80066
1. ἵνα
2. hina
3. in order that
4. -
5. 24430
6. C·······
7. in_order_that
8. in_order_that
9. -
10. Y33
11. 80067
1. ἡ
2. ho
3. the
4. -
5. 35880
6. E····NFS
7. the
8. the
9. -
10. Y33
11. 80068
1. Γραφή
2. grafē
3. scripture
4. scriptures
5. 11240
6. N····NFS
7. scripture
8. Scripture
9. W
10. Y33
11. 80069
1. πληρωθῇ
2. plēroō
3. may be fulfilled
4. fulfil
5. 41370
6. VSAP3··S
7. ˓may_be˒ fulfilled
8. ˓may_be˒ fulfilled
9. -
10. Y33
11. 80070
1. Ὀστοῦν
2. ostoun
3. Bone
4. -
5. 37470
6. N····NNS
7. bone
8. bone
9. B
10. Y33
11. 80071
1. οὒ
2. ou
3. not
4. -
5. 37560
6. D·······
7. not
8. not
9. -
10. Y33
11. 80072
1. συντριβήσεται
2. suntribō
3. ˓will be being broken
4. broken
5. 49370
6. VIFP3··S
7. ˓will_be_being˒ broken
8. ˓will_be_being˒ broken
9. -
10. Y33
11. 80073
1. ἀπʼ
2. apo
3. -
4. -
5. 5750
6. P·······
7. of
8. of
9. -
10. -
11. 80074
1. αὐτοῦ
2. autos
3. of him
4. his
5. 8460
6. R···3GMS
7. ˱of˲ him
8. ˱of˲ him
9. -
10. Y33
11. 80075

SIL Open Translator’s Notes:

Section 19:31–37: A soldier put a spear in Jesus’ side

This section tells how the soldiers saw that Jesus was dead. The Jewish leaders did not want to leave the bodies of the three men on the crosses after sunset. The Sabbath started at sunset and this was a special Sabbath, so the bodies should be buried before then. So they asked Pilate to order his soldiers to break the men’s legs to make them die more quickly.

The soldiers broke the legs of the other two men. However, they saw that Jesus was already dead, so they did not have to break his legs. Instead a soldier pierced his side with a spear and blood and water flowed out. Those events fulfilled Old Testament scripture.

Here are other possible titles for this section:

The soldiers do not break Jesus’ legs

The soldiers confirm that Jesus was dead

Evidence that Jesus died

19:36a

Now these things happened so that the Scripture would be fulfilled:

This happened to make the scripture come true:
The soldiers did not break Jesus’ bones just as God’s Book says,

Now: The Greek word that the BSB translates as Now is a conjunction that is usually translated as “for” or “because.” It is not a time word. Some English versions do not use a conjunction. Use an expression that is natural in your language.

these things happened: The phrase these things refers to the fact that the soldiers pierced Jesus’ side but did not break his bones.

so that the Scripture would be fulfilled: This clause indicates that what happened is what the scripture that was written long ago said would happen. See how you translated this idea in 12:38. For example:

so that the Scriptures would come true (CEV)

This was done to make the Scripture come true (GNT)

in fulfillment of the text of scripture (REB)

the Scripture: This phrase here refers to a specific place or text in the Old Testament Scriptures. For example:

the text of scripture (REB)

19:36b

“Not one of His bones will be broken.”

“Not even one of his bones shall be broken.”
“They will not break any of his bones.”

Not one of His bones will be broken: This quotation may come from two different contexts:

Psalm 34:20, where the Psalmist promised God’s protection for the righteous man.
Exodus 12:46 and Numbers 9:12, which commanded the Jews not to break the bones of the Passover lamb.

If you write a footnote here, it is good to mention these Old Testament texts.

will be broken: This is a passive verb phrase. There are at least two ways to translate it:

Use a passive verb like the BSB.
Use an active verb. You may need to supply a general subject. For example:
they will not break any of his bones
No one will break even one of his bones

uW Translation Notes:

Note 1 topic: writing-quotations

ἐγένετο & ταῦτα, ἵνα ἡ Γραφὴ πληρωθῇ

became & these_‹things› in_order_that the (Some words not found in SR-GNT: ἐγένετο Γάρ ταῦτα ἵνα ἡ Γραφή πληρωθῇ Ὀστοῦν οὒ συντριβήσεται αὐτοῦ)

John uses that the scripture would be fulfilled to introduce a quotation from an Old Testament book ([Psalm 34:20](../../psa/34/20.md)). If it would be helpful in your language, you could use a comparable phrase that indicates that Jesus is quoting from an important text. Alternate translation: [these things happened in order that what is written in the Psalms might be fulfilled]

Note 2 topic: figures-of-speech / explicit

ἐγένετο & ταῦτα

became & these_‹things›

Here, these things refers to the two events described in [19:33–34](../19/33.md). If it would be more natural in your language, you could state this explicitly. Alternate translation: [the soldiers did not break Jesus’ legs but pierced his side]

Note 3 topic: figures-of-speech / activepassive

ἵνα ἡ Γραφὴ πληρωθῇ

in_order_that the (Some words not found in SR-GNT: ἐγένετο Γάρ ταῦτα ἵνα ἡ Γραφή πληρωθῇ Ὀστοῦν οὒ συντριβήσεται αὐτοῦ)

If your language does not use the passive form in this way, you can state this in active form or in another way that is natural in your language. Alternate translation: [in order to fulfill the words that someone wrote in scripture]

Note 4 topic: figures-of-speech / quotemarks

ὀστοῦν οὐ συντριβήσεται αὐτοῦ

(Some words not found in SR-GNT: ἐγένετο Γάρ ταῦτα ἵνα ἡ Γραφή πληρωθῇ Ὀστοῦν οὒ συντριβήσεται αὐτοῦ)

This sentence is a quotation from [Psalm 34:20](../../psa/34/20.md). It may be helpful to your readers to indicate this by setting off all of this material with quotation marks or with whatever other punctuation or convention your language uses to indicate a quotation.

Note 5 topic: figures-of-speech / activepassive

ὀστοῦν οὐ συντριβήσεται αὐτοῦ

(Some words not found in SR-GNT: ἐγένετο Γάρ ταῦτα ἵνα ἡ Γραφή πληρωθῇ Ὀστοῦν οὒ συντριβήσεται αὐτοῦ)

This is a quotation from [Psalm 34:20](../../psa/34/20.md). If your language does not use the passive form in this way, you can state this in active form or in another way that is natural in your language. Alternate translation: [No one will break even one of his bones]

OET-LV English word order (‘Reverse’ interlinear)

1. OET-LV words
2. OET-RV words
3. Strongs
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5. Greek lemma
6. Role/Morphology
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8. VLT Gloss
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10. Confidence
11. OET tags
12. OET word #
1. For/Because
2. because
3. 10630
4. S
5. gar
6. C-·······
7. for
8. for
9. S
10. Y33
11. 80065
1. these things
2. these
3. 37780
5. houtos
6. R-····NNP
7. these ‹things›
8. these ‹things›
9. -
10. Y33
11. 80066
1. became
2. -
3. 10960
5. ginomai
6. V-IAM3··S
7. became
8. became
9. -
10. Y33
11. 80064
1. in order that
2. -
3. 24430
5. hina
6. C-·······
7. in_order_that
8. in_order_that
9. -
10. Y33
11. 80067
1. the
2. -
3. 35880
5. ho
6. E-····NFS
7. the
8. the
9. -
10. Y33
11. 80068
1. scripture
2. scriptures
3. 11240
4. W
5. grafē
6. N-····NFS
7. scripture
8. Scripture
9. W
10. Y33
11. 80069
1. may be fulfilled
2. fulfil
3. 41370
5. plēroō
6. V-SAP3··S
7. ˓may_be˒ fulfilled
8. ˓may_be˒ fulfilled
9. -
10. Y33
11. 80070
1. Bone
2. -
3. 37470
4. B
5. ostoun
6. N-····NNS
7. bone
8. bone
9. B
10. Y33
11. 80071
1. of him
2. his
3. 8460
5. autos
6. R-···3GMS
7. ˱of˲ him
8. ˱of˲ him
9. -
10. Y33
11. 80075
1. ˓will
2. broken
3. 49370
5. suntribō
6. V-IFP3··S
7. ˓will_be_being˒ broken
8. ˓will_be_being˒ broken
9. -
10. Y33
11. 80073
1. not
2. -
3. 37560
5. ou
6. D-·······
7. not
8. not
9. -
10. Y33
11. 80072
1. be being broken
2. broken
3. 49370
5. suntribō
6. V-IFP3··S
7. ˓will_be_being˒ broken
8. ˓will_be_being˒ broken
9. -
10. Y33
11. 80073

Note: The OET-RV is still only a first draft, and so far only a few words have been (mostly automatically) matched to the Hebrew or Greek words that they’re translated from.

Acknowledgements: The SR Greek text, lemmas, morphology, and VLT gloss are all thanks to the CNTR.

OET interlinear YHN (JHN) 19:36

SR Greek word order (including unused variant words in grey)

Section 19:31–37: A soldier put a spear in Jesus’ side

19:36a

19:36b

OET-LV English word order (‘Reverse’ interlinear)