if the fulfillment had already reached its insurmountable summit in τελειοῦν in 19:28. That is why it seems wisest still to agree with (among others) Bultmann and C. K. Barrett that the verb τελειοῦν is used as an equivalent of πληροῦν and to assume that John used this term in 19:28 because in this verse and in 19:30 he twice used the word τετέλεσται50 As there is no difference between the verb τελεῖν and τελειοῦν in this passage, this would make good theological sense. By choosing verbs that