The passage of scripture. See on Joh 2:22; see on Joh 5:47.
Broken (λυθῆναι)
Literally, loosened. Wyc., undone. The word is characteristic of John. He uses it of the destruction of the temple (Joh 2:19); the breaking of the Sabbath (Joh 5:18); the violation of the law (Joh 7:23); the destruction of Satan's works (1Jo 3:8), besides elsewhere in the physical sense.