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John 19:36
For these things were done that the scripture should be fulfilled, A bone of Him shall not be broken.
For these things were done that the scripture should be fulfilled, A bone of Him shall not be broken.
THAT THE SCRIPTURE SHOULD BE FULFILLED - See Exodus 12:46. John here regards the paschal lamb as an emblem of Christ; and as in the law it was commanded that a bone of that lamb should not be broken,...
CHAPTER 19 _ 1. Behold the Man! (John 19:1 .)_ 2. The Last Question of Pilate and Christ's Last Word. (John 19:8 .) 3. Delivered up and Crucified. (John 19:12 .) 4. The Title upon the Cross. ...
THE LANCE-THRUST AND THE BURIAL. It has been said that these verses contain parts of two accounts of burial, by the Jews, and by Joseph. In reality the Jews only demand that the law of Deuteronomy 21:...
FOR THESE THINGS WERE DONE THAT THE SCRIPTURE SHOULD BE FULFILLED. The prophetic Scriptures alluded to are Exodus 12:46, and Zechariah 12:10. The paschal lamb, the bones of which were not to be broken...
Since it was the day of preparation, so that the bodies should not remain on the cross on the Sabbath (for that Sabbath was a very important day) the Jews asked Pilate to break their limbs, and to hav...
JESUS AND PILATE (John 18:28-40 ; John 19:1-16)...
A. BONE, &c. This has reference to Exodus 12:46; Numbers 9:12. Thus in all things He was the antitype of the Passover lamb. BROKEN. Greek _suntribo._ Not the same word as in verses: John 19:31;...
_were done_ Better, CAME TO PASS. Note that S. John uses the aorist (ἐγένετο), where S. Matthew, writing nearer to the events, uses the perfect (γέγονεν). -Hath come to pass" implies that the event is...
The Death and Burial For what is peculiar to S. John's narrative in this section see the introductory note to chap. 18. Besides this, the title on the cross, the Jews" criticism of it, and the conduc...
THE PETITION OF THE JEWS AND THE PETITION OF JOSEPH...
THE DEATH AND BURIAL For what is peculiar to S. John’s narrative in this section see the introductory note to chap. 18. Besides this, the title on the cross, the Jews’ criticism of it, and the conduc...
ἘΓΈΝΕΤΟ. CAME TO PASS. Note that S. John uses the aorist, where S. Matthew, writing nearer to the events, uses γέγονεν. ‘Hath come to pass’ implies that the event is not very remote; Matthew 1:22; Mat...
Ver 31. The Jews therefore, because it was the preparation, that the bodies should not remain upon the cross on the Sabbath clay, (for that Sabbath day was an high day,) besought Pilate that their leg...
ΈΓΈΝΕΤΟ _aor. ind. med. (.dep.) от_ ΓΊΝΟΜΑΙ (G1096) становиться, случаться, ΠΛΗΡΩΘΉ _aor. conj. pass. от_ ΠΛΗΡΌΩ, _см._ John 19:24. _Conj._ с ΪΝ (G2443) выражает цель, ΌΣΤΟΎΝ (G3747) кость, ΣΥΝΤΡΙΒ...
DISCOURSE: 1727 THE TREATMENT OF OUR LORD’S BODY ON THE CROSS John 19:31. The Jews therefore, because it was the preparation, that the bodies should not remain upon the cross on the sabbath day, (for...
AND FORTHWITH, &C.— Whether this was, as Dr. Drake and several others suppose, the small quantity of water inclosed in the _pericardium,_ in which the heart swims, or whether the _cruor_ was now almos...
IT IS FINISHED _Text: John 19:28-37_ 28 After this Jesus, knowing that all things are now finished, that the scripture might be accomplished, saith, I thirst. 29 There was set there a vessel full...
EXPOSITION OF THE GOSPEL OF JOHN John 19:25-42 Below is an Analysis of John 19:25-42:— 1. The mother of Jesus and the beloved disciple, verses 25-27. John says nothing about the Savior’s agony in G...
For these things were done, that the scripture should be fulfilled, A bone of him shall not be broken. FOR THESE THINGS WERE DONE, THAT THE SCRIPTURE SHOULD BE FULFILLED, A BONE OF HIM SHALL NOT B...
25 Physical relationships are temporary, and will be superseded by spiritual ties. All lasting spiritual bonds are made at the foot of the cross. 28-30 Compare Mat_27:45-51; Mar_15:33-36; Luk_23:46;...
19:36 fulfilled, (e-11) See Exodus 12:46 ; Psalms 34:20 ....
THE CRUCIFIXION. THE BURIAL 1-3. Inside the Prætorium. Scourging and mockery by the soldiers (Matthew 27:26; Mark 15:15). It might be supposed from Mt and Mk that the scourging was only the ordinary p...
THE SIGN OF THE PIERCED SIDE. A section peculiar to St. John, and claiming expressly to be the testimony of an eyewitness. The knowledge of Jewish and Roman custom displayed in it speaks for its histo...
A BONE OF HIM] In the evangelist's view, Christ's legs were not broken, that it might be thereby made evident that He was the true paschal lamb. The Jews were specially forbidden to break the bones of...
JOHN TELLS THE GOOD NEWS ABOUT JESUS GOSPEL OF JOHN _MARION ADAMS_ CHAPTER 19 PILATE ORDERS HIS SOLDIERS TO WHIP JESUS 19:1-16 V1 So Pilate ordered his soldiers to whip Jesus. V2 The soldiers to...
FOR THESE THINGS WERE DONE (better, _came to pass_)_,_ THAT THE SCRIPTURE SHOULD BE FULFILLED. — The emphatic witness of the previous verse is not therefore to be confined to the one fact of the flowi...
XXI. _ THE CRUCIFIXION._ "The soldiers therefore, when they had crucified Jesus, took His garments, and made four parts, to every soldier a part; and also the coat: now the coat was without seam, wove...
_The piercing of Jesus' side_....
ἐγένετο γὰρ ταῦτα. He records these things, contained in this short paragraph, because they further identify Jesus as the promised Messiah. Ὀστοῦν οὐ συντριβήσεται αὐτοῦ. The law regarding the Paschal...
THE PIERCED SIDE John 19:31-37 How punctilious the Jewish leaders were to maintain each detail of their ritual! Remember that there is a religiousness which is not religion but its counterfeit. John...
Here once more we have the story of the Cross, and once again it is a story to be read almost without note or comment. The picture of our Lord led forth and presented to the crowds by Pilate is one of...
_You shall not break a bone of him. This, which was literally spoken of the paschal lamb, (Exodus xii. 46.) the evangelist applies to Christ, of whom the lamb was a figure. (Witham) --- This had been...
THE INTERMENT Matthew 27:57-61; Mark 15:42-47; Luke 23:50-56; John 19:31-42. “Then the Jews, in order that the
THIRD SECTION: 19:16B-42. THE EXECUTION OF JESUS. 1. The crucifixion: John 19:16; John 19:16; 2. The inscription: John 19:19-22; 3. The parting of the garments:...
ADDITIONAL NOTES BY THE AMERICAN EDITOR. Vv. 31-42. 1. If the Sabbath referred to in John 19:31 was the 15th of Nisan, we have a very simple and satisfactory explanation of the expression that it was...
“ _And he who saw it has borne witness, and his testimony is true_, _and he knows that he says true, that you also may believe._ 36. _For these things came to pass that the Scripture might be fulfille...
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 an high day), besought Pilate that their legs might b...
In John 15:1-27 our Lord substitutes Himself for Israel, as the plant of God, responsible to bear fruit for Him on earth (not merely for man, as such, openly sinful and lost). He takes the place of th...
36._A bone of him shall not be broken. _This citation is made from Exodus 12:46, and Numbers 9:12, where Moses treats of the paschal lamb. Note, Moses takes for granted that that lamb was a figure of...
Pilate (chapter 19) gives way to his usual inhumanity. In the account, however, given in this Gospel, the Jews are prominent, as the real authors (as far as man was concerned) of the Lord's death. Jea...
FOR THESE THINGS WERE DONE,.... The not breaking his bones and piercing his side, and that not by chance, and without design; but, THAT THE SCRIPTURE SHOULD BE FULFILLED, A BONE OF HIM SHALL NOT BE B...
For these things were done, that the scripture should be fulfilled, A bone of him shall not be broken. Ver. 36. _Not a bone of him was broken_] So he appeared to be the true Paschal Lamb, that was ro...
_That the bodies should not remain on the cross_ It was customary among the Romans to let the bodies of persons who had been executed continue on the crosses, or stakes, till they were devoured by bir...
THE SCRIPTURE; EXODUS 12:46; NUMBERS 9:12. A BONE OF HIM SHALL NOT BE BROKEN; these words, originally spoken of the paschal lamb, which was the type of Christ, were now fulfilled in the great antitype...
CRIMINALLY ASSAULTED IN THE COURT! (vs.1-12) Pilate then tried another desperate move, having the Lord scourged. This was gross injustice, yet he hoped by this to placate the Jews' enmity, considerin...
31-37 A trial was made whether Jesus was dead. He died in less time than persons crucified commonly did. It showed that he had laid down his life of himself. The spear broke up the very fountains of...
Now was there any thing of this but in fulfilling of the Scripture; for it was God's law about the passover, EXODUS 12:46 NUMBERS 9:12, concerning the paschal lamb, (which was a type of Christ, 1 Thes...
Lactantius Divine Institutes Book IV Now all these things were done lest His body, being injured and broken, should be rendered unsuitable[357] Origen Commentary on Matthew Book X But we have the w...
John 19:36 For G1063 things G5023 done G1096 (G5633) that G2443 Scripture G1124 fulfilled G4137 (G5686) Not...
‘And he who has seen has borne witness, and his witness is true, and he knows that he says what is true that you also may believe. For these things came about that the Scripture might be fulfilled, ‘A...
THE LAMB IS OFFERED UP (JOHN 19:16). Meanwhile the innocent victim was being dragged through the streets of the city, and then through an outer gate in order to be crucified ‘outside the gate' (Hebrew...
John 19:36-37. FOR THESE THINGS CAME TO PASS, THAT THE SCRIPTURE MIGHT BE FULFILLED, A BONE OF HIM SHALL NOT HE CRUSHED; AND AGAIN ANOTHER SCRIPTURE SAITH, THEY SHALL LOOK ON HIM WHOM THEY PIERCED. Th...
Jesus is now dead, and this paragraph relates the events immediately following, before His body was removed from the cross....
BE BROKEN (συντριβησετα). Second future passive of συντριβω, to crush together. A free quotation of Exodus 12:46 about the paschal lamb....
John 19:1. _Then Pilate therefore took Jesus, and scourged him._ This was one of the most terrible punishments to which a man could be sentenced. The Roman scourge was no trifle. It tore off the quiv...
John 19:14. _And it was the preparation of the Passover, and about the sixth hour: and he saith unto the Jews, Behold your King!_ They had accused him of being a King, or of pretending to be one. Pil...
John 19:23. _There the soldiers, when they had crucified Jesus, took his garments,_ They had already stripped him, no element of shame was wanting in his substitution for us. He stooped as low as our...
CONTENTS: Pilate brings Jesus before the multitude. The rejection of the Savior and the crucifixion. His entombment. CHARACTERS: Jesus, Pilate, soldiers, Jesus' mother, His aunt, wife of Cleophas, Ma...
John 19:1. _Pilate therefore took Jesus and scourged him,_ as stated in Matthew 27:26. In cases where this preseded crucifixion, Cicero has recited the form of the sentence from the Roman law. _I, lic...
36-37. TO MAKE THE SCRIPTURE COME TRUE. The prophecies about the Messiah were so complex that only the One who was the Son of God could fulfill them all! Compare Psalms 34:20; Exodus 12:46; Psalms 22:...
_The Jews therefore because it was the preparation_ PROFANITY OF FANATICISM They must make ready for keeping holy the Sabbath while their hands are red with the murder of the Son of God. A stroke of...
_A bone of Him shall not be broken_ THE INVIOLATE BODY OF CHRIST Why not? 1. His enemies might tear His flesh, &c., take away His life, heap upon Him every dishonour, but they could not break a bone...
JOHN—NOTE ON JOHN 19:36 NOT ONE OF HIS BONES WILL BE BROKEN. This is the third scriptural proof (see vv. John 19:24,...
Jesus dies on the cross Matthew 27:45-56; Mark 15:33-41; Luke 23:44-49; John 19:28-37;...
CHAPTER 19 VER. 1. _Then Pilate therefore took Jesus and scourged Him._ That is after he had said (Luke 23:22), "I will chastise Him and let Him go." The tradition is that He was first scourged with t...
_EXPLANATORY AND CRITICAL NOTES_ John 19:31. THE JEWS THEREFORE, ETC.… FOR GREAT WAS THAT SABBATH DAY.—There was a twofold sanctity about the coming day, for it was not only the day at the beginning o...
EXPOSITION JOHN 19:1 (d) [Within the Praetorium.] The unjust scourging, and the crown of thorns. JOHN 19:1 Then PILATE THEREFORE TOOK JESUS, AND SCOURGED HIM. The force of the "therefore" may be se...
Then Pilate therefore took Jesus, and scourged him (John 19:1). The scourging was a whipping that was done to examine the prisoners. It was a third degree technique of the Roman Empire. They did not h...
Exodus 12:46; Numbers 9:12; Psalms 22:14; Psalms 34:20; Psalms 35:10
THE CALVARY CHAPTER John 19:16 INTRODUCTORY WORDS We will suggest the steppingstone which immediately precedes the Calvary experiences of our Lord and then enlarge on the Calvary events. What we sa...
A bone of it shall not be broken — This was originally spoken of the paschal lamb, an eminent type of Christ. Exodus 12:46....