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 not very remote: Matthew 1:22; Matthew 21:4; Matthew 26:56. The -for" depends upon -believe." Belief has the support of Scripture; for the two surprising events, Christ's escaping the crurifragiumand yet having His side pierced, were evidently preordained in the Divine counsels.

shall not be broken Exodus 12:46. Thus he who at the opening of this Gospel was proclaimed as the Lamb of God (John 1:29; John 1:36), at the close of it is declared to be the true Paschal Lamb. Once more we have evidence that S. John's consistent and precise view is, that the death of Christ coincided with the killing of the Paschal Lamb. And this seems also to have been S. Paul's view (see on 1 Corinthians 5:7).

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