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Joh_19:28. Μετὰ τοῦτο ] Not indefinitely later, but after this scene with Mary and John.
εἰδὼς , κ . τ . λ .] as He was aware (Joh_13:1) that His death was already at hand, that consequently all was already accomplished, in order to bring the Scripture to fulfilment, in respect of the accomplishment of its predictions concerning His earthly work, He now still desires, at this goal of accomplishment, a refreshment, and says: I thirst. Accordingly, ἵνα τελ . ἡ γράφη is to be referred to πάντα ἤδη τετέλ ., as Cyril (?), Bengel, Michaelis, Semler, Thalem., van Hengel (Annot. p. 62 ff.), Paulus, Tholuck, Hofmann,[248] Luthardt, Lange, Baeumlein, Scholten, Steinmeyer, have connected it, This is the correct construction, because ΠΆΝΤΑ ἬΔΗ ΤΕΤΈΛ . leaves us no room to think of a fulfilment of Scripture still remaining behind, and consequently excludes the connection of ἵνα τελ . ἡ γρ . with ΛΈΓΕΙ ; because, further, ΤΕΛΕΙΏΘΗ is selected simply for the sake of its reference to τετέλ . (it is the ΠΛΉΡΩΣΙς of Scripture, to which now nothing more is wanting), and because John never makes the statement of purpose, “that the Scripture might be fulfilled,” precede the moment of fulfilment, and even where a single definite fact is the fulfilling element, always actually adduces the passage of Scripture in question (Joh_17:12 is a retrospective indication of a passage already before adduced). Hence the ordinary interpretation must be given up (Chrysostom, Theophylact, Euth. Zigabenus, Ruperti, and many others, including Lücke, De Wette, Brückner, Strauss, B. Crusius, Baur, Ewald, Hengstenberg, Godet), that ἵνα τελ ., Κ . Τ . Λ . refers to ΛΈΓΕΙ · ΔΙΨῶ , so that it contains the scriptural ground of the thirst, to which Jesus gave expression, and of the drinking of the vinegar which was given to Him, and Psa_69:22 is the passage intended; where, however, the drinking of vinegar is the work of scorn and of malice, which would not be at all appropriate here, since it is simply the quenching of thirst immediately before death that is in question, without other and further background.
πάντα ἤδη τετέλ .] τουτέστιν ὅτι οὑδὲν λείπει τῇ οἰκονομίᾳ , Chrysostom; ἬΔΗ (already) points to the very early occurrence of His death (Nonnus: θοῶς ).
[248] Weissag. u. Erf. II. p. 146. On the other hand, Hofmann, in the Schriftbew. II. 1, p. 314, has altered his views, and connects ἵνα τελ . ἡ γρ . with λέγει .