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John 19:37 KJV
John · chapter 19 · verse 37
And again another scripture saith, They shall look on him whom they pierced.John 19:37 · King James Version
John 19:37 in context
35And he that saw it bare record, and his record is true: and he knoweth that he saith true, that ye might believe.
36For these things were done, that the scripture should be fulfilled, A bone of him shall not be broken.
37And again another scripture saith, They shall look on him whom they pierced.
38And after this Joseph of Arimathaea, being a disciple of Jesus, but secretly for fear of the Jews, besought Pilate that he might take away the body of Jesus: and Pilate gave him leave. He came therefore, and took the body of Jesus.
39And there came also Nicodemus, which at the first came to Jesus by night, and brought a mixture of myrrh and aloes, about an hundred pound weight.
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Key words (Strong's)
- scripturegraphēa writing, thing written, the Scripture, used to denote either the book itself, or its…G1124 →
- saithlegōto say, to speak, affirm over, maintain, to teach, to exhort, advise, to command, direct…G3004 →
- lookoptanomaito look at, behold, to allow one's self to be seen, to appearG3700 →
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This passage concerning the piercing of Christ's side after his death is recorded only by this evangelist. I. Observe the superstition of the Jews, which occasioned it (Joh 19:31): Because it was the preparation for the sabbath, and that sabbath day, because it fell in the passover-week, was a high day, that they…
— Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on verses 31-37