John 19:36

And these things were done, (so) that the scripture should be fulfilled, Ye shall not break a bone of him.

Wycliffe Modern Spelling

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 (this), bare witnessing [thereof], and his witnessing is true; and he knoweth that he saith true things, (so) that ye (can) believe. (And he who saw this, testified to it, and his testimony is true; and he knoweth that he saith true things, so that ye can believe.)

37And again another scripture saith, They shall see in whom they pierced through.

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Cross References

Exodus 12:46it shall be eaten in one house; neither ye shall bear out the flesh thereof; neither ye shall break a bone thereof.

2 Kings 15:12This is the word of the Lord, which he spake to Jehu, and said, Thy sons till to the fourth generation shall sit on the throne of thee of Israel; and it was done so. (This was the word of the Lord, which he spoke to Jehu, and said, Thy sons unto the fourth generation shall sit on the throne of Israel; and so it was done.)

Psalms 34:20The Lord keepeth all the bones of them; one of those shall not be broken. (The Lord guardeth, or keepeth safe, all their bones; not one of them shall be broken.)

Matthew 1:22For all this thing was done, that it should be fulfilled, that was said of the Lord by a prophet, saying,

John 19:28Afterward Jesus witting, that now all things be ended, (so) that the scripture were fulfilled, he 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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