The same came for a testimony, that he might testify concerning the Light, that all might believe through him.

He was not the Light; but he came, that he might testify concerning the Light.

And I knew Him not; but, that He might be manifested to Israel, for this cause I came immersing in water."

This they said, trying Him, that they might have whereof to accuse Him. But Jesus, having stooped down, was writing with His finger on the ground.

and not for that nation only, but that He might also gather together into one the children of God that are scattered abroad.

From that day, therefore, they took counsel, that they might put Him to death.

Now the passover of the Jews was near; and many went up to Jerusalem out of the country before the passover, that they might purify themselves.

Now the high priests and the Pharisees had given orders, that, if any one knew where He was, he should show it, that they might seize Him.

The great multitude, therefore, of the Jews knew that He was there; and they came, not because of Jesus only, but that they might see Lazarus, whom He raised from the dead.

But the high priests consulted, that they might slay Lazarus also;

that the word of Isaiah the prophet might be fulfilled, which He spake, "Lord, who believed our report, and to whom was the arm of the Lord revealed?"

While I was with them, I was keeping, in Thy name, those Whom Thou hast given Me; and I guarded them, and no one of them perished, except the son of perdition, that the Scripture might be fulfilled.

that the word might be fulfilled, which He spake, "Of those whom Thou hast given Me, I lost none."

They led Jesus, therefore, from Caiaphas into the Praetorium; and it was early; and they themselves entered not into the Praetorium, that they might not be defiled, but might eat the passover.

that the word of Jesus might he fulfilled, which He spake, signifying by what manner of death He was about to die.

They said, therefore, one to another, "Let us not rend it, but cast lots for it, whose it shall be; that the Scripture might be fulfilled, which says, 'They divided My garments among themselves, and upon My vesture did they cast lots.'" The soldiers, therefore, did these things.

After these things Jesus, knowing that all things have now been finished, that the Scripture might be fulfilled, saith, "I thirst."

The Jews, therefore, (since it was the Preparation), that the bodies might not remain on the cross on the sabbath, (for the day of that sabbath was great), asked of Pilate that their legs might be broken, and they be taken away.

For these things came to pass, that the Scripture might be fulfilled, "A bone of Him shall not be broken."

And after these things Joseph of Arimathaea, being a disciple of Jesus, but secretly through fear of the Jews, asked of Pilate that he might take away the body of Jesus; and Pilate gave him permission. He came, therefore, and took away His body.