en_tn/jhn/18/09.md

General Information:

In this verse there is a stop in the main story. Here John gives background information about Jesus fulfilling Scripture. (See: rc://en/ta/man/jit/writing-background)

This was in order to fulfill the word that he said

Here "the word" refers to the words Jesus had prayed. You can translate this in an active form. Alternate translation: "This happened in order to fulfill the words that he had said when he was praying to his Father" (See: rc://en/ta/man/jit/figs-explicit and rc://en/ta/man/jit/figs-activepassive)