As he is dying on the cross, Jesus speaks.
John 19:28...I thirst.
John 19:28...I am thirsty.
I am thirsty.
"Thirst/thirsty" is the greek verb that means "to thirst", "to be thirsty," "to be parched", "to be in want of", "to lack," and "to thirst after" a thing. It is in the first-person, present tense.Jesus uses this verb in the Sermon on the Mount to describe those "thirsty for justice" and in John 7:37, asking those who are thirsty to come to him.
For justice.
I -- This is from the first-person, singular form of the verb.
thirst. - "I was thirsty" is another common verb which means "to thirst," "to be thirsty," and "to thirst after" a thing. Again, it is the same verb used in the fourth beatitude.
I -- This is from the first-person, singular form of the verb.
am -- This helping verb indicates the present tense of the verb.
thirsty. - "Thirsty" is a common verb that means "to thirst," "to be thirsty," and "to thirst after" a thing. Again, it is the same verb used in the fourth beatitude. This completes the idea of the verb.