[Kolokotronis]

"In John 19:30, what does Christ mean by "It is finished"? I read that the Greek word means "paid in full", as opposed to potentially."

Nope, Tetelestai means "It has been finished". There is no interpretation of that word which can torture it into meaning "paid in full". Where did you get that idea?

[Forest Keeper]

FK: "In John 19:30, what does Christ mean by "It is finished"? I read that the Greek word means "paid in full", as opposed to potentially."

Nope, [Tetelestai] means "It has been finished". There is no interpretation of that word which can torture it into meaning "paid in full". Where did you get that idea?

That came from my Bible. The underlying point was whether Jesus really meant "finished" when He said "finished" or was He again speaking in secret code, that only the Church could uncover, to mean that Jesus only really meant "temporarily"or "potentially" finished. Since Greek really is Greek to me, this is the best I could find on a translation. Notice the entire definition denotes finality in the word "finished" and also includes the idea of payment.