John 19:36

For these things were done, that the Scripture shoulde be fulfilled, Not a bone of him shalbe broken.

Geneva Bible 1599

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 sawe it, bare recorde, and his record is true: and he knoweth that he saith true, that ye might beleeue it.

37And againe an other Scripture saith, They shall see him whom they haue thrust through.

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Cross References

Exodus 12:46In one house shall it bee eaten: thou shalt carie none of ye flesh out of the house, neither shall ye breake a bone thereof.

2 Kings 15:12This was the word of the Lord, which he spake vnto Iehu, saying, Thy sonnes shall sit on the throne of Israel vnto the fourth generation after thee. And it came so to passe.

Psalms 34:20He keepeth all his bones: not one of them is broken.

Matthew 1:22And al this was done that it might be fulfilled, which is spoken of the Lord by ye Prophet, saying,

John 19:28After, when Iesus knew that all things were performed, that the Scripture might be fulfilled, he 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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