John 19:36

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These things happened so that the Scripture would be fulfilled: 'Not one of his bones will be broken.'

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  • Ps 34:20 : 20 Many are the troubles of the righteous, but the Lord delivers him from them all.
  • Num 9:12 : 12 They shall leave none of it until morning, nor break any of its bones. They shall observe it according to all the statutes of the Passover.
  • Exod 12:46 : 46 It must be eaten in a single house; you are not to take any of the meat outside the house, and you must not break any of its bones.
  • John 19:28 : 28 After this, knowing that everything had now been finished, and so that Scripture would be fulfilled, Jesus said, "I am thirsty."
  • Ps 22:14 : 14 They open their mouths against me, like a lion ripping and roaring.
  • Ps 35:10 : 10 All my bones will say, 'Lord, who is like You? You rescue the afflicted from those too strong for them, the poor and needy from their oppressors.'
  • Matt 1:22 : 22 All this happened to fulfill what was spoken by the Lord through the prophet:
  • John 19:24 : 24 So they said to one another, "Let us not tear it, but cast lots to decide whose it shall be." This happened so that the Scripture might be fulfilled that says, "They divided my garments among themselves, and for my clothing they cast lots." So this is what the soldiers did.

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    37 And again another Scripture says, 'They will look on the one they have pierced.'

    38 After this, Joseph of Arimathea, who was a disciple of Jesus but kept it secret because of fear of the Jews, asked Pilate for permission to take the body of Jesus. Pilate gave him permission, so he came and took the body.

  • John 19:28-35
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    28 After this, knowing that everything had now been finished, and so that Scripture would be fulfilled, Jesus said, "I am thirsty."

    29 A jar of sour wine was there, so they soaked a sponge in it, put the sponge on a hyssop branch, and lifted it to Jesus' mouth.

    30 When Jesus had received the sour wine, he said, "It is finished." Then he bowed his head and gave up his spirit.

    31 Now it was the day of Preparation, and the next day was to be a special Sabbath. Since the Jewish leaders did not want the bodies to remain on the crosses during the Sabbath, they asked Pilate to have the legs broken and the bodies taken down.

    32 So the soldiers came and broke the legs of the first man who had been crucified with Jesus, and then those of the other.

    33 But when they came to Jesus and saw that he was already dead, they did not break his legs.

    34 Instead, one of the soldiers pierced Jesus’ side with a spear, and immediately blood and water flowed out.

    35 The one who saw this has testified, and his testimony is true. He knows that he is telling the truth, so that you also may believe.

  • Ps 34:20
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    20 Many are the troubles of the righteous, but the Lord delivers him from them all.

  • John 19:23-24
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    23 When the soldiers had crucified Jesus, they took his garments and divided them into four parts, one for each soldier. They also took the tunic, which was seamless, woven from top to bottom.

    24 So they said to one another, "Let us not tear it, but cast lots to decide whose it shall be." This happened so that the Scripture might be fulfilled that says, "They divided my garments among themselves, and for my clothing they cast lots." So this is what the soldiers did.

  • Matt 27:35-36
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    35 When they had crucified Him, they divided His garments among them, casting lots. This fulfilled what was spoken by the prophet: 'They divided my garments among them, and for my clothing they cast lots.'

    36 Then they sat down and kept watch over Him there.

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    27 They crucified two criminals with Him, one on His right and one on His left.

    28 In this way, the Scripture was fulfilled that says, 'He was numbered with the transgressors.'

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    12 They shall leave none of it until morning, nor break any of its bones. They shall observe it according to all the statutes of the Passover.

  • John 18:32
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    32 This was to fulfill the word that Jesus had spoken, indicating the kind of death he was going to die.

  • John 12:16
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    16 At first, His disciples did not understand these things. But when Jesus was glorified, they remembered that these things had been written about Him and that they had done these things to Him.

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    29 When they had fulfilled all that was written about Him, they took Him down from the cross and laid Him in a tomb.

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    17 Dogs surround me; a band of evildoers encircles me; they have pierced my hands and feet.

    18 I can count all my bones; people stare and gloat over me.

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    37 For I tell you, this Scripture must be fulfilled in me: ‘He was counted among the lawless.’ Indeed, what is written about me is reaching its fulfillment."

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    4 This took place so that what had been spoken through the prophet might be fulfilled:

  • Mark 15:24-25
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    24 Then they nailed Him to the cross. They divided His garments by casting lots to decide what each one would take.

    25 It was nine in the morning when they crucified Him.

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    54 But how then would the Scriptures be fulfilled that say it must happen in this way?

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    46 It must be eaten in a single house; you are not to take any of the meat outside the house, and you must not break any of its bones.

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    16 So then he handed him over to them to be crucified. So they took Jesus and led him away.

    17 Carrying his own cross, he went out to the place called The Place of the Skull, which in Aramaic is called Golgotha.

    18 There they crucified him, and with him two others—one on each side, with Jesus in the middle.

    19 Pilate also had a sign written and put on the cross; it read, "Jesus of Nazareth, the King of the Jews."

    20 Many of the Jews read this sign, for the place where Jesus was crucified was near the city, and it was written in Aramaic, Latin, and Greek.

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    19 And they will hand him over to the Gentiles to mock, to flog, and to crucify him; and on the third day, he will rise again.

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    21 But He was speaking about the temple of His body.

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    42 Because it was the Jewish day of Preparation and since the tomb was nearby, they laid Jesus there.

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    40 Taking the body of Jesus, they wrapped it in linen cloths along with the spices, as is the Jewish burial custom.

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    56 But all this has taken place so that the writings of the prophets might be fulfilled." Then all the disciples deserted Him and fled.

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    9 For they still did not understand the Scripture, that he must rise from the dead.

  • John 10:35
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    35 If he called them ‘gods,’ to whom the word of God came—and Scripture cannot be broken—

  • Mark 15:46
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    46 Joseph bought a linen cloth, took Jesus down, wrapped Him in the linen cloth, and laid Him in a tomb that had been cut out of rock. Then he rolled a stone against the entrance of the tomb.

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    17 This was to fulfill what was spoken through Isaiah the prophet:

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    4 He has worn away my flesh and my skin; He has broken my bones.

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    34 And Jesus said, 'Father, forgive them, for they do not know what they are doing.' Then they divided His garments by casting lots.

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    33 He said this to indicate the kind of death He was going to die.

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    26 Did not the Messiah have to suffer these things and then enter his glory?"

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    18 But God fulfilled what He had foretold through the mouths of all the prophets, that His Christ would suffer.

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    38 This was to fulfill the word of Isaiah the prophet, who said: "Lord, who has believed our message? And to whom has the arm of the Lord been revealed?"