# General Information:

In this verse there is a stop in the main story. Here John tells how what was said in verse 31 fulfills Scripture about Jesus. (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/jit/writing-background]])

# so that the word of Jesus would be fulfilled which he had spoken

You can translate this in an active form. Alternate translation: "in order to fulfill what Jesus had said earlier" (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/jit/figs-activepassive]])

# to indicate by what kind of death he would die

"regarding how he would die"