JOHN 18:32 — KING JAMES VERSION 0 0
“That the saying of Jesus might be fulfilled, which he spake, signifying what death he should die.”
This was to fulfill what Jesus had said when he indicated the kind of death he was to die — John's fulfillment formula connects the Roman execution requirement to Jesus' predictions of being "lifted up" (hypsōthēnai, 3:14, 8:28, 12:32-33). Crucifixion (not Jewish stoning) fulfills the mode of death Jesus specified: Roman crucifixion alone creates the "lifted up" imagery. The Johannine understanding: Jesus' predictions actively shape historical events, revealing divine foreknowledge.
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