NEW TESTAMENT

John 19:36

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36

For these things happened that the Scripture might be fulfilled, “A bone of him will not be broken.”

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Verse 36. You shall not break a bone of him. This, which was literally spoken of the paschal lamb, (Exod. 12:46) the evangelist applies to Christ, of whom the lamb was a figure. Witham.—This had been said of the paschal lamb, which was a figure of Jesus Christ. Exod. 12:46 and Numb. 9:12.

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