John 19:36,37

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, was regarded by the Jews, and is spoken of both in the Old and New Testaments, as. type of the "Lamb of God that taketh away the sins of the world." As the writers of the Gospels were Jews and had in mind, to. great extent, while writing,. Jewish class of readers, they pay great attention to the fulfillment of prophecy in Christ. We find the same thing in the speeches of Peter and Paul to Jewish audiences, of which. report is given Acts. Nothing conveyed conviction quicker to. Jew than to see that, even in the minutest particulars, Jesus corresponded, not only with the predictions of the prophets, but the types of the law.