Saturday, March 18, 2023

Robert Tomson Fortna: τετελεσται in John 19:28 refers to the fulfillment of scripture

Commenting on the use of τετέλεσται in John 19:28 (cf. v. 30), Robert Tomson Fortna noted that:

 

Possibly also Johannine is the choice of the verb teleiōthēi to express the fulfillment of scripture in the next clause; it is a cognate of the term [the Gospel of John] inserts both here in v. 28a and again in 30. (Robert Tomson Fortna, The Fourth Gospel and Its Predecessor: From Narrative Source to Present Gospel [Edinburgh: T. & T. Clark, 1988], 185 n. 426)

 

Further Reading:


 Full Refutation of the Protestant Interpretation of John 19:30