Charles Spurgeon Commentary John 19:28

"After this Jesus, knowing that all things are now finished, that the scripture might be accomplished, saith, I thirst." — John 19:28 (ASV)

After this, Jesus knowing that all things were now accomplished, that the scripture might be fulfilled, saith, I thirst.

There was yet a little more to be done; all the great things were accomplished, but he would fulfill even the least particles of prophecy, so he cried, "I thirst."

After this, Jesus knowing that all things were now accomplished, that the scripture might be fulfilled, says, I thirst!

It seems a strange thing that Jesus should have said, I thirst, because, out of all the pains that he endured upon the cross, and they were very many and very sharp, he never mentions one except thirst.

A person in such terrible agony as he was enduring might have mentioned fifty things, but he singles out this one because there was a prophecy concerning it.

After this, Jesus knowing that all things were now accomplished, that the scripture might be fulfilled, saith, I thirst.

There was a prophecy to that effect in the Psalms, and he needed to fulfill that. Think of a dying man prayerfully going through the whole of the Scriptures and carefully fulfilling all that is there written concerning him: That the scripture might be fulfilled, Jesus saith, I thirst.