John 19:36

Now these things were done, that the scripture might be fulfilled, “A bone of him shall not be broken.”

Thomas Haweis 1795 New Testament

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 bore witness, and we know that his testimony is true: and he himself is conscious that he speaketh what is true, that ye might believe.

37And again another scripture saith, “They shall look on him whom they have pierced.”

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Cross References

Matthew 1:22Now the whole of this was done, that what was spoken of the Lord, by the prophet, might be fulfilled, saying,

John 19:28After this, Jesus, conscious that all things were now finished, that the scripture might be fulfilled, saith, 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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