John 19:36

For these things were done, that the scripture might be fulfilled: You shall not break a bone of him.

Douay-Rheims 1899

In The King James Version

For these things were done, that the scripture should be fulfilled, A bone of him shall not be broken.

In Context

35And he that saw it, hath given testimony, and his testimony is true. And he knoweth that he saith true; that you also may believe.

37And again another scripture saith: They shall look on him whom they pierced.

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Cross References

Exodus 12:46In one house shall it be eaten, neither shall you carry forth of the flesh thereof out of the house, neither shall you break a bone thereof.

2 Kings 15:12This was the word of the Lord, which he spoke to Jehu, saying: Thy children to the fourth generation shall sit upon the throne of Israel. And so it came to pass.

Psalms 34:20Many are the afflictions of the just; but out of them all will the Lord deliver them.

Matthew 1:22Now all this was done that it might be fulfilled which the Lord spoke by the prophet, saying:

John 19:28Afterwards, Jesus knowing that all things were now accomplished, that the scripture might be fulfilled, said: I thirst.

Matthew Henry on John 19:32-38

The Crucifixion. 31 The Jews therefore, because it was the preparation, that the bodies should not remain upon the cross on the sabbath day, (for that sabbath day was a high day,) besought Pilate that their legs might be broken, and that they might be taken away. 32 Then came the soldiers, and brake the legs of the first, and of the other which was crucified with him. 33 But when they came to Jesus, and saw that he was dead already, they brake not his legs: 34 But one of the soldiers with a spear pierced his side,… Read the whole commentary →

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