Verse 28
After this Jesus, knowing that all things are now finished, that the Scriptures might be accomplished, saith, I thirst.
This does not mean that Jesus said, "I thirst" in order to fulfill prophecy. As Westcott said, "The fulfillment of scripture was not the object which the Lord had in view, but there was a necessary correspondence between his acts and the divine foreshadowing of them."[16] Old Testament passages prophesying the Lord's thirst are Psalms 22:15 and Psalms 69:21. See under John 19:27.
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