John 19:36

Bible in Basic English (1941)

These things came about so that the Writings might be true, No bone of his body will be broken.

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  • Ps 34:20 : 20 He keeps all his bones: not one of them is broken.
  • Num 9:12 : 12 Nothing of it is to be kept till the morning, and no bone of it is to be broken: they are to keep it by the rules of the Passover.
  • Exod 12:46 : 46 It is to be taken in one house; not a bit of the flesh is to be taken out of the house, and no bone of it may be broken.
  • John 19:28 : 28 After this, being conscious that all things had now been done so that the Writings might come true, Jesus said, Give me water.
  • Ps 22:14 : 14 I am flowing away like water, and all my bones are out of place: my heart is like wax, it has become soft in my body.
  • Ps 35:10 : 10 All my bones will say, Lord, who is like you? The saviour of the poor man from the hands of the strong, of him who is poor and in need from him who takes his goods.
  • Matt 1:22 : 22 Now all this took place so that the word of the Lord by the prophet might come true,
  • John 19:24 : 24 So they said among themselves, Let this not be cut up, but let us put it to the decision of chance and see who gets it. (They did this so that the Writings might come true, which say, They made a distribution of my clothing among them, and my coat they put to the decision of chance.) This was what the men of the army did.

Similar Verses (AI)

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    37 And again another verse says, They will see him who was wounded by their spears.

    38 After these things, Joseph of Arimathaea, who was a disciple of Jesus, but secretly for fear of the Jews, made a request to Pilate to let him take away the body of Jesus: and Pilate said he might do so. So he went and took away his body.

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    28 After this, being conscious that all things had now been done so that the Writings might come true, Jesus said, Give me water.

    29 Now there was a vessel ready, full of bitter wine, and they put a sponge full of it on a stick and put it to his mouth.

    30 So when Jesus had taken the wine he said, All is done. And with his head bent he gave up his spirit.

    31 Now it was the day of getting ready for the Passover, and so that the bodies might not be on the cross on the Sabbath (because the day of that Sabbath was a great day), the Jews made a request to Pilate that their legs might be broken, and that they might be taken away.

    32 So the men of the army came, and the legs of the first were broken and then of the other who was put to death on the cross with Jesus:

    33 But when they came to Jesus, they saw that he was dead by this time, and so his legs were not broken;

    34 But one of the men made a wound in his side with a spear, and straight away there came out blood and water.

    35 And he who saw it has given witness (and his witness is true; he is certain that what he says is true) so that you may have belief.

  • 20 He keeps all his bones: not one of them is broken.

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    23 And when Jesus was nailed to the cross, the men of the army took his clothing, and made a division of it into four parts, to every man a part, and they took his coat: now the coat was without a join, made out of one bit of cloth.

    24 So they said among themselves, Let this not be cut up, but let us put it to the decision of chance and see who gets it. (They did this so that the Writings might come true, which say, They made a distribution of my clothing among them, and my coat they put to the decision of chance.) This was what the men of the army did.

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    35 And when they had put him on the cross, they made division of his clothing among them by the decision of chance.

    36 And they were seated there watching him.

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    27 And they put two thieves on crosses with him, one on his right side, and one on his left.

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  • 12 Nothing of it is to be kept till the morning, and no bone of it is to be broken: they are to keep it by the rules of the Passover.

  • 32 (That the word of Jesus might come true, pointing to the sort of death he would have.)

  • 16 (These things were not clear to his disciples at first: but when Jesus had been lifted up into his glory, then it came to their minds that these things in the Writings were about him and that they had been done to him.)

  • 29 And when they had done all the things said in the Writings about him, they took him down from the tree, and put him in the place of the dead.

  • Ps 22:17-18
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    17 I am able to see all my bones; their looks are fixed on me:

    18 They make a division of my robes among them, by the decision of chance they take my clothing.

  • 37 For I say to you that these words will be put into effect in me, And he was numbered among the evil-doers: for what has been said in the Writings about me has an end.

  • 4 Now this took place so that these words of the prophet might come true,

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    24 And he was nailed to the cross; and they made a division of his clothing among them, putting to the decision of chance what everyone was to take.

    25 And it was the third hour when they put him on the cross.

  • 54 But how then would the Writings come true, which say that so it has to be?

  • 46 It is to be taken in one house; not a bit of the flesh is to be taken out of the house, and no bone of it may be broken.

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    16 So then he gave him up to them to be put to death on the cross. And they took Jesus away;

    17 And he went out with his cross on him to the place which is named Dead Man's Head (in Hebrew, Golgotha):

    18 Where they put him on the cross with two others, one on this side and one on that, and Jesus in the middle.

    19 And Pilate put on the cross a statement in writing. The writing was: JESUS THE NAZARENE, THE KING OF THE JEWS.

    20 The writing was seen by a number of the Jews, for the place where Jesus was put to death on the cross was near the town; and the writing was in Hebrew and Latin and Greek.

  • 19 And will give him up to the Gentiles to be made sport of and to be whipped and to be put to death on the cross: and the third day he will come back again from the dead.

  • 21 But his words were about that holy building which was his body.

  • 42 So they put Jesus there, because it was the Jews' day of getting ready for the Passover, and the place was near.

  • 40 Then they took the body of Jesus, folding linen about it with the spices, as is the way of the Jews when they put the dead to rest.

  • 56 But all this has taken place so that the writings of the prophets might come true. Then all his disciples went from him in flight.

  • 9 For at that time they had no knowledge that the Writings said that he would have to come again from the dead.

  • 35 If he said they were gods, to whom the word of God came (and the Writings may not be broken),

  • 46 And he got a linen cloth and, taking him down, put the linen cloth round him, and put him in a place for the dead which had been cut out of a rock; and a stone was rolled against the door.

  • 17 So that what was said by Isaiah the prophet might come true,

  • 4 My flesh and my skin have been used up by him and my bones broken.

  • 32 Let the Christ, the King of Israel, come down now from the cross, so that we may see and have belief. And those who were put on crosses with him said evil things against him.

  • 34 And Jesus said, Father, let them have forgiveness, for they have no knowledge of what they are doing. And they made division of his clothing among them by the decision of chance.

  • 33 (This he said, pointing to the sort of death he would have.)

  • 26 Was it not necessary for the Christ to go through these things, and to come into his glory?

  • 18 But the things which God had made clear before, by the mouth of all the prophets, that the Christ would have to undergo, he has put into effect in this way.

  • 38 So that the words of the prophet Isaiah might come true, when he said, Lord, who has any belief in our preaching? and the arm of the Lord, to whom has it been unveiled?