YHN 18:32 Parallel Verse View

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OET (OET-RV) (This happened to fulfil what Yeshua had said[ref] about the way that he was going to die.)

Key: khaki:verbs, light-green:nominative/subject, orange:accusative/object, pink:genitive/possessor, cyan:dative/indirect object.
Note: Automatic aligning of the OET-RV to the LV is done by some temporary software, hence the RV alignments are incomplete (and may occasionally be wrong).

ULT (This was so that the word of Jesus would be fulfilled which he spoke to indicate by what kind of death he was about to die.)

UST (This happened in order that what Jesus had said about how he would soon die would come true.)

BSB This was to fulfill the word that Jesus had spoken to indicate the kind of death He was going to die.[fn]

BLB that word of Jesus might be fulfilled, which He had spoken signifying what death He was about to die.

AICNT so that the word of Jesus might be fulfilled, which he spoke signifying what kind of death he was going to die.

OEB in fulfilment of what Jesus had said when indicating the death that he was destined to die.

WEBBE that the word of Jesus might be fulfilled, which he spoke, signifying by what kind of death he should die.

WMBB that the word of Yeshua might be fulfilled, which he spoke, signifying by what kind of death he should die.

NET (This happened to fulfill the word Jesus had spoken when he indicated what kind of death he was going to die. )

LSV that the word of Jesus might be fulfilled which He said, signifying by what death He was about to die.

FBV This fulfilled what Jesus had said about how he would die.

TCNT (This happened to fulfill what Jesus had said when he indicated the kind of death he was going to die.)

T4T The Romans executed people by nailing them to a cross. So, as a result of what the Jewish leaders said, it was fulfilled {the Romans would fulfill} what Jesus had said previously about the way he was going to die.

LEB in order that the word of Jesus would be fulfilled that he had spoken, indicating by what sort of death he was going to die.

BBE (That the word of Jesus might come true, pointing to the sort of death he would have.)

Moff (that the word of Jesus might be fulfilled, by which he had indicated the kind of death he was to die).

Wymth They said this that the words might be fulfilled in which Jesus predicted the kind of death He was to die.

ASV that the word of Jesus might be fulfilled, which he spake, signifying by what manner of death he should die.

DRA That the word of Jesus might be fulfilled, which he said, signifying what death he should die.

YLT that the word of Jesus might be fulfilled which he said, signifying by what death he was about to die.

Drby that the word of Jesus might be fulfilled which he spoke, signifying what death he should die.

RV that the word of Jesus might be fulfilled, which he spake, signifying by what manner of death he should die.

SLT That the word of Jesus might be completed which he spake, giving a sign by what death he was about to die.

Wbstr That the saying of Jesus might be fulfilled, which he spoke, signifying what death he should die.

KJB-1769 That the saying of Jesus might be fulfilled, which he spake, signifying what death he should die.

KJB-1611 That the saying of Iesus might be fulfilled, which hee spake, signifying what death he should die.
(Modernised spelling is same as from KJB-1769 above)

Bshps That the wordes of Iesus myght be fulfylled, whiche he spake, signifiyng what death he shoulde dye.
(That the words of Yesus/Yeshua might be fulfilled, which he spake, signifiing what death he should die.)

Gnva It was that the worde of Iesus might be fulfilled which he spake, signifying what death he should die.
(It was that the word of Yesus/Yeshua might be fulfilled which he spake, signifying what death he should die. )

Cvdl That ye worde of Iesus might be fulfilled, which he spake, whan he signified, what death he shulde dye.
(That ye/you_all word of Yesus/Yeshua might be fulfilled, which he spake, when he signified, what death he should die.)

TNT Then sayd Pylate vnto the: take ye him and iudge him after youre awne lawe. Then the Iewes sayde vnto him. It is not lawfull for vs to put eny man to deeth.
(Then said Pilate unto them: take ye/you_all him and judge him after your(pl) own law. Then the Yews said unto him. It is not lawful for us to put any man to death. )

Wycl that the word of Jhesu schulde be fulfillid, whiche he seide, signifiynge bi what deth he schulde die.
(that the word of Yhesu should be fulfilled, which he said, signifiing by what death he should die.)

Luth (auf daß erfüllet würde das Wort JEsu, welches er sagte, da er deutete, welches Todes er sterben würde).
((on/in/to that fulfilled would the word Yesu, which he said, there he does_not_indicatee, which death he die would).)

ClVg Ut sermo Jesu impleretur, quem dixit, significans qua morte esset moriturus.
(As speech Yesu would_be_fulfilled, which he/she_said, significant which death was he_diesus. )

UGNT ἵνα ὁ λόγος τοῦ Ἰησοῦ πληρωθῇ, ὃν εἶπεν, σημαίνων ποίῳ θανάτῳ ἤμελλεν ἀποθνῄσκειν.
(hina ho logos tou Yaʸsou plaʸrōthaʸ, hon eipen, saʸmainōn poiōi thanatōi aʸmellen apothnaʸskein.)

SBL-GNT ἵνα ὁ λόγος τοῦ Ἰησοῦ πληρωθῇ ὃν εἶπεν σημαίνων ποίῳ θανάτῳ ἤμελλεν ἀποθνῄσκειν.
(hina ho logos tou Yaʸsou plaʸrōthaʸ hon eipen saʸmainōn poiōi thanatōi aʸmellen apothnaʸskein.)

RP-GNT ἵνα ὁ λόγος τοῦ Ἰησοῦ πληρωθῇ, ὃν εἶπεν, σημαίνων ποίῳ θανάτῳ ἔμελλεν ἀποθνῄσκειν.
(hina ho logos tou Yaʸsou plaʸrōthaʸ, hon eipen, saʸmainōn poiōi thanatōi emellen apothnaʸskein.)

TC-GNT ἵνα ὁ λόγος τοῦ Ἰησοῦ πληρωθῇ, ὃν εἶπε, σημαίνων ποίῳ θανάτῳ [fn]ἔμελλεν ἀποθνῄσκειν.
(hina ho logos tou Yaʸsou plaʸrōthaʸ, hon eipe, saʸmainōn poiōi thanatōi emellen apothnaʸskein. )

18:32 εμελλεν [59.6%] ¦ ημελλεν 𝔐^pt ANT CT HF TR [40.3%]

Key for above GNTs: yellow:punctuation differs, red:words differ (from our SR-GNT base).

SOTN SIL Open Translator’s Notes:

Section 18:28–19:16a: Pilate investigated Jesus and decided that he should die

This section tells how the soldiers took Jesus to the Roman governor, Pilate. Pilate questioned Jesus to find out why the Jews wanted him to punish Jesus with death. He could find no reason to do that. But the Jewish leaders there insisted that Pilate crucify him. Finally, Pilate agreed that Jesus could be crucified.

Here are other possible section headings:

Pilate questioned the Jews and Jesus and sent Jesus to be crucified

Pilate investigated Jesus and decided that he could be punished with death

Jesus’ trial and judgment before Pilate

This section can be divided into seven smaller pieces, where each piece is a separate event. Jews often arranged written materials to include seven related pieces, where the first and last pieces relate, and the second and sixth relate, and the third and fifth relate. Then the middle piece, the fourth, stands alone and is emphasized. That happens in this section as well. Here is a chart showing the seven pieces of this section and how they relate:

18:28–32: Outside the house; Jews ask for Jesus’ death

18:33–38a: Inside the house; Pilate asks Jesus if he is King of the Jews

18:38b–40: Outside the house; Pilate says, “I find no case against him.”

19:1–3: The soldiers beat Jesus with a whip and pretend that he is the king of the Jews

19:4–8: Outside the house; Pilate says, “I find no case against him.”

19:8–11: Inside the house; Pilate asks Jesus where he came from

19:12–16a: Outside the house; Pilate allows Jews to crucify Jesus

The middle piece, 19:1–3, is different from all the other pieces. Pilate is only mentioned and is not an important person in this event. That is different from all the other pieces. This middle piece therefore is emphasized. The only ones who seem to worship Jesus in the whole section do so in this middle piece. However, they only pretend to worship and are very cruel as they mock Jesus.

In your translation, you may want to find ways to emphasize 19:1–3. Also, try to translate this section in ways that make it possible to see the connections between the pieces.

Paragraph 18:28–32

This paragraph begins the second part of Jesus’ trial. (The second part, with Jesus before Caiaphas, is only mentioned in John. John does not say anything about what happened there.) The narrative moves from Peter back to Jesus.

The Sanhedrin, the Jewish council with the most authority, could try minor offenses, particularly those involving Jewish religious law and customs. However, it could not punish anyone with death on a cross. Only the Roman government had that authority. So the Jewish authorities took Jesus to the Roman governor to ask him to condemn Jesus to die on a cross.

18:32a–b

This was to fulfill the word that Jesus had spoken to indicate the kind of death He was going to die: This sentence is a parenthetical comment by the author John, not part of the main story. Some English versions have therefore placed it in parentheses. Indicate that this is parenthetical information in a way that is natural in your language.

18:32a

This was to fulfill the word that Jesus had spoken

This happened so that what Jesus predicted would be fulfilled,
(In this way what Jesus said earlier came true

This was to fulfill the word that Jesus had spoken: The Greek text more literally says, “in order that the word of Jesus might be fulfilled which he said….” This indicates that what Jesus had said in the past would happen (see 12:32), did happen. Jesus had said that he would be “lifted up,” and he did in fact die “lifted up” on a cross. Although Pilate had not yet decided to crucify Jesus, 18:31b shows that the Jews wanted Jesus punished with death. That fulfilled Jesus’ prophecy.

This is a purpose clause. However, it does not indicate the purpose of Jesus’ Jewish opponents. They were not trying to fulfill what Jesus had said. In your translation, avoid indicating that Jesus’ accusers said what they said because they wanted to fulfill what Jesus had said. For example:

And so what Jesus said about his death would soon come true. (CEV)

This happened in order to make come true what Jesus had said when he indicated the kind of death he would die. (GNT)

(This fulfilled Jesus’ prediction about the way he would die.) (NLT)

This was to fulfill: This phrase indicates that what Jesus’ accusers said caused Jesus’ words to come true. See how you translated the word or idea of fulfill in 12:38, 13:18, and Luke 4:21.

The Jews did not directly fulfill Jesus’ words themselves, that is, they did not crucify Jesus. However, their words caused Jesus’ words to be fulfilled. They caused Jesus’ words to be fulfilled by asking the Romans to execute (punish with death) Jesus. The Romans executed people by crucifying them, while the Jewish custom was to stone (throw stones at people) people to death.

In some languages it may be natural to say explicitly to what the word This refers. For example:

In this way Jesus’ enemies caused to be fulfilled…

This happened in order to make come true… (GNT)

By saying this they caused Jesus’ words to come true…

the word that Jesus had spoken: This clause refers to what Jesus said in John 3:14 and 12:32. Jesus had predicted that he would be killed by being “lifted up,” that is, by crucifixion. You may want to include a footnote with the references to John 3:14 and 12:32.

18:32b

to indicate the kind of death He was going to die.

about the way that he would die.
when he told how he would die.)

to indicate the kind of death He was going to die: The expression the kind of death He was going to die refers to Jesus’ death by crucifixion. Jesus had said that he would be lifted up above the earth. See John 12:32–33. He died by the Roman method of punishing with death, crucifixion, not the Jewish method, stoning (killing by throwing stones). It was the Romans who put him to death. So when the Jews asked Pilate to give permission to kill Jesus, they were really requesting that Jesus be crucified.

See the note on John 12:33, where there is a very similar expression. See too how you translated that verse. Here are other ways to translate this expression:

what Jesus said about how he would die (NCV)

indicating the way he would die

thus fulfilling Christ’s prophecy of the method of his own death (JBP)

General Comment on 18:32a–b

In some languages it may be natural to combine the information in these clauses. For example:

^32a–bThis happened so that the words Jesus spoke indicating the kind of death that he would die would be fulfilled.

^32a–b(This happened so that what Jesus said about how he would die would come true.) (NCV)

In this way what Jesus had predicted about how he would die came true. (GW)

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Jesus’ Arrest, Trial, Crucifixion, and Burial

Matthew 26-27; Mark 14-15; Luke 22-23; John 13-19

On the Thursday before he was crucified, Jesus had arranged to share the Passover meal with his disciples in an upper room, traditionally thought to be located in the Essene Quarter of Jerusalem. After they finished the meal, they went to the Garden of Gethsemane, where Jesus often met with his disciples. There Judas Iscariot, one of Jesus’ own disciples, betrayed him to soldiers sent from the High Priest, and they took Jesus to the High Priest’s residence. In the morning the leading priests and teachers of the law put Jesus on trial and found him guilty of blasphemy. The council sent Jesus to stand trial for treason before the Roman governor Pontius Pilate, who resided at the Praetorium while in Jerusalem. The Praetorium was likely located at the former residence of Herod the Great, who had died over 30 years earlier. When Pilate learned that Jesus was from Galilee, he sent him to Herod Antipas, who had jurisdiction over Galilee. But when Jesus gave no answer to Herod’s many questions, Herod and his soldiers sent him back to Pilate, who conceded to the people’s demands that Jesus be crucified. Jesus was forced to carry his cross out of the city gate to Golgotha, meaning Skull Hill, referring to what may have been a small unquarried hill in the middle of an old quarry just outside the gate. After Jesus was unable to carry his cross any further, a man named Simon from Cyrene was forced to carry it for him. There at Golgotha they crucified Jesus. After Jesus died, his body was hurriedly taken down before nightfall and placed in a newly cut, rock tomb owned by Joseph of Arimathea, a member of the Jewish high council. This tomb was likely located at the perimeter of the old quarry.