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Fulfilment of Prophecy
John 19:28–37
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Henry Martyn, a Cambridge University student, was honored at only 20 years of age for his achievements in mathematics. He was given the highest recognition possible in that field, and yet he felt an emptiness inside. He said that instead of finding fulfillment in his achievements … More
Because of the law, a body was not to remain on a cross overnight (Deut. 21:22-23). This caused the Jews to be anxious to hurry up the death process so the Roman soldiers were sent to break the legs (vv. 31-32). A person on the cross would press on his legs to lift his chest to breathe. If the legs were broken, the chest cavity would bear the pressure of the body’s weight and the victim would not be able to breathe; this would hasten death. Without this procedure, a person could live for many hours and sometimes even days. When they came to Jesus, they found that He was already dead so His legs were not broken (v. 33). This only confirmed the fact that Jesus “gave up the ghost” Himself and He was not killed. The fact that they did not break Jesus’ legs and that they pierced His side is also a fulfillment of prophecy (Psalm 34:20 and Zechariah 12:10) (v. 34). It is interesting to note that even these wicked soldiers were completing the plan of God (vv. 35-36). All of this happened so that the Scriptures would come true, which say, “No bone of his body will be broken” and, “They will see the one in whose side they stuck a spear” (v. 37).
Application
Think of the reality of Jesus dying on the cross to pay for your sin and mine. It is something that I will never fully understand in this life. I need to thank Him more often for dying for me.
John 19:28-37 (English Standard Version)
After this, Jesus, knowing that all was now finished, said (to fulfill the Scripture), "I thirst." A jar full of sour wine stood there, so they put a sponge full of the sour wine on a hyssop branch and held it to his mouth. When Jesus had received the sour wine, he said, "It is finished," and he bowed his head and gave up his spirit. Since it was the day of Preparation, and so that the bodies would not remain on the cross on the Sabbath (for that Sabbath was a high day), the Jews asked Pilate that their legs might be broken and that they might be taken away. So the soldiers came and broke the legs of the first, and of the other who had been crucified with him. But when they came to Jesus and saw that he was already dead, they did not break his legs. But one of the soldiers pierced his side with a spear, and at once there came out blood and water. He who saw it has borne witness--his testimony is true, and he knows that he is telling the truth--that you also may believe. For these things took place that the Scripture might be fulfilled: "Not one of his bones will be broken." And again another Scripture says, "They will look on him whom they have pierced."
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