Use the hyssop plant and do the ceremony\par to make me pure.\par Wash me until I am whiter than snow!\par
John 19:34 - Easy To Read Version But one of the soldiers stuck his spear into Jesus’ side. Blood and water came out. Tuilleadh leaganachaKing James Version (Oxford) 1769 but one of the soldiers with a spear pierced his side, and forthwith came there out blood and water. Amplified Bible - Classic Edition But one of the soldiers pierced His side with a spear, and immediately blood and water came (flowed) out. American Standard Version (1901) howbeit one of the soldiers with a spear pierced his side, and straightway there came out blood and water. Common English Bible However, one of the soldiers pierced his side with a spear, and immediately blood and water came out. Catholic Public Domain Version Instead, one of the soldiers opened his side with a lance, and immediately there went out blood and water. Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version But one of the soldiers with a spear opened his side, and immediately there came out blood and water. |
Use the hyssop plant and do the ceremony\par to make me pure.\par Wash me until I am whiter than snow!\par
Then I will sprinkle pure water on you and make you pure. I will wash away all your filth. I will wash away the filth from those nasty idols and make you pure.”
But at that time, a new spring of water will be opened for David’s family and for the other people living in Jerusalem. That fountain will be to wash away their sins and to make the people pure.
That day was the day called Preparation day. {\cf2\super [437]} The next day, the leading priests and the Pharisees {\cf2\super [438]} went to Pilate.
But when the soldiers came close to Jesus, they saw that he was already dead. So they did not break his legs.
After Jesus said this, he showed the followers his hands and his side. The followers were very happy when they saw the Lord.
Now, don’t wait any longer. Get up, be baptized {\cf2\super [440]} and wash your sins away. Do this, trusting in him (Jesus) \{to save you\}.’
It is God that has made you part of Christ Jesus. Christ has become wisdom for us from God. Christ is the reason we are right with God and have freedom from sin; Christ is the reason we are holy. {\cf2\super [10]}
In the past, some of you were like that. But you were washed clean, you were made holy, {\cf2\super [36]} and you were made right with God in the name of the Lord Jesus Christ and by the Spirit of our God.
He died to make the church holy. {\cf2\super [40]} Christ used the telling of the Good News {\cf2\super [41]} to make the church clean by washing it with water.
He gave himself for us. He died to free us from all evil. He died to make us pure people that belong only to him—people that are always wanting to do good things.
The blood of goats and bulls and the ashes of a cow were sprinkled on those people who were no longer pure \{enough to enter that place of worship\}. That blood and those ashes made those people pure again—but only their bodies.
The law says that almost everything must be made clean by blood. And sins cannot be forgiven without blood (death).
That water is like baptism {\cf2\super [26]} that now saves you. Baptism is not the washing of dirt from the body. Baptism is asking God for a pure heart. It saves you because Jesus Christ was raised from death.
And loving means living the way he commanded us to live. And God’s command is this: that you live a life of love. You heard this command from the beginning.
and from Jesus Christ. Jesus is the faithful witness. He was first among those to be raised from death. Jesus is the ruler of the kings of the earth.