John 19:36
For these things happened so that the scripture would be fulfilled,“Not a bone of his will be broken.”
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- Ps 34:20 : 20 He protects all his bones; not one of them is broken.
- Num 9:12 : 12 They must not leave any of it until morning, nor break any of its bones; they must observe it in accordance with every statute of the Passover.
- Exod 12:46 : 46 It must be eaten in one house; you must not bring any of the meat outside the house, and you must not break a bone of it.
- John 19:28 : 28 Jesus’ Death After this Jesus, realizing that by this time everything was completed, said(in order to fulfill the scripture),“I am thirsty!”
- Ps 22:14 : 14 My strength drains away like water; all my bones are dislocated; my heart is like wax; it melts away inside me.
- Ps 35:10 : 10 With all my strength I will say,“O LORD, who can compare to you? You rescue the oppressed from those who try to overpower them; the oppressed and needy from those who try to rob them.”
- Matt 1:22 : 22 This all happened so that what was spoken by the Lord through the prophet would be fulfilled:
- John 19:24 : 24 So the soldiers said to one another,“Let’s not tear it, but throw dice to see who will get it.” This took place to fulfill the scripture that says,“They divided my garments among them, and for my clothing they threw dice.” So the soldiers did these things.
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37 And again another scripture says,“They will look on the one whom they have pierced.”
38 Jesus’ Burial After this, Joseph of Arimathea, a disciple of Jesus(but secretly, because he feared the Jewish leaders), asked Pilate if he could remove the body of Jesus. Pilate gave him permission, so he went and took the body away.
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28 Jesus’ Death After this Jesus, realizing that by this time everything was completed, said(in order to fulfill the scripture),“I am thirsty!”
29 A jar full of sour wine was there, so they put a sponge soaked in sour wine on a branch of hyssop and lifted it to his mouth.
30 When he had received the sour wine, Jesus said,“It is completed!” Then he bowed his head and gave up his spirit.
31 Then, because it was the day of preparation, so that the bodies should not stay on the crosses on the Sabbath(for that Sabbath was an especially important one), the Jewish leaders asked Pilate to have the victims’ legs broken and the bodies taken down.
32 So the soldiers came and broke the legs of the two men who had been crucified with Jesus, first the one and then the other.
33 But when they came to Jesus and saw that he was already dead, they did not break his legs.
34 But one of the soldiers pierced his side with a spear, and blood and water flowed out immediately.
35 And the person who saw it has testified(and his testimony is true, and he knows that he is telling the truth), so that you also may believe.
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20 He protects all his bones; not one of them is broken.
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23 Now when the soldiers crucified Jesus, they took his clothes and made four shares, one for each soldier, and the tunic remained.(Now the tunic was seamless, woven from top to bottom as a single piece.)
24 So the soldiers said to one another,“Let’s not tear it, but throw dice to see who will get it.” This took place to fulfill the scripture that says,“They divided my garments among them, and for my clothing they threw dice.” So the soldiers did these things.
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35 When they had crucified him, they divided his clothes by throwing dice.
36 Then they sat down and kept guard over him there.
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12 They must not leave any of it until morning, nor break any of its bones; they must observe it in accordance with every statute of the Passover.
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32 (This happened to fulfill the word Jesus had spoken when he indicated what kind of death he was going to die.)
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16 (His disciples did not understand these things when they first happened, but when Jesus was glorified, then they remembered that these things were written about him and that these things had happened to him.)
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29 When they had accomplished everything that was written about him, they took him down from the cross and placed him in a tomb.
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17 I can count all my bones; my enemies are gloating over me in triumph.
18 They are dividing up my clothes among themselves; they are rolling dice for my garments.
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37 For I tell you that this scripture must be fulfilled in me,‘And he was counted with the transgressors.’ For what is written about me is being fulfilled.”
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4 This took place to fulfill what was spoken by the prophet:
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24 Then they crucified him and divided his clothes, throwing dice for them, to decide what each would take.
25 It was nine o’clock in the morning when they crucified him.
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54 How then would the scriptures that say it must happen this way be fulfilled?”
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46 It must be eaten in one house; you must not bring any of the meat outside the house, and you must not break a bone of it.
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16 Then Pilate handed him over to them to be crucified.The CrucifixionSo they took Jesus,
17 and carrying his own cross he went out to the place called“The Place of the Skull”(called in Aramaic Golgotha).
18 There they crucified him along with two others, one on each side, with Jesus in the middle.
19 Pilate also had a notice written and fastened to the cross, which read:“Jesus the Nazarene, the king of the Jews.”
20 Thus many of the Jewish residents of Jerusalem read this notice, because the place where Jesus was crucified was near the city, and the notice was written in Aramaic, Latin, and Greek.
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21 But Jesus was speaking about the temple of his body.
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56 But this has happened so that the scriptures of the prophets would be fulfilled.” Then all the disciples left him and fled.
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9 (For they did not yet understand the scripture that Jesus must rise from the dead.)
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35 If those people to whom the word of God came were called‘gods’(and the scripture cannot be broken),
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46 After Joseph bought a linen cloth and took down the body, he wrapped it in the linen and placed it in a tomb cut out of the rock. Then he rolled a stone across the entrance of the tomb.
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17 This fulfilled what was spoken by the prophet Isaiah:
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4 ב(Bet) He has made my mortal skin waste away; he has broken my bones.
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32 Let the Christ, the king of Israel, come down from the cross now, that we may see and believe!” Those who were crucified with him also spoke abusively to him.
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27 And they crucified two outlaws with him, one on his right and one on his left.
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34 [But Jesus said,“Father, forgive them, for they don’t know what they are doing.”] Then they threw dice to divide his clothes.
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33 (Now he said this to indicate clearly what kind of death he was going to die.)
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26 Wasn’t it necessary for the Christ to suffer these things and enter into his glory?”
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18 But the things God foretold long ago through all the prophets– that his Christ would suffer– he has fulfilled in this way.
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38 so that the word of the prophet Isaiah would be fulfilled. He said,“Lord, who has believed our message, and to whom has the arm of the Lord been revealed?”