JOHN 19:37 — KING JAMES VERSION 0
“And again another scripture saith, They shall look on him whom they pierced.”
And again another scripture says, 'They will look on the one whom they have pierced.' — John cites Zechariah 12:10, conflating it with allusions to Numbers 24:8 and Exodus 12:46. The eschatological prophecy—nations gazing on the pierced one—identifies the spear thrust's future significance: Jesus' wounding becomes a sign of redemption, a piercing by which all nations will be healed (Zechariah 12:10 context). The testimony of water and blood has cosmic witness.
Church Fathers on John 19:37
The Jews who strained at a gnat and swallowed a camel after their audacious wickedness, reason scrupulously about the day: The Jews therefore because it was the preparation, that the bodies should not remain upon the cross on the Sabbath.
the sixth day was so called because the children of Israel prepared twice the number of loaves on that day. For that Sabbath day was an high day, i. e. on account of the feast of the passover.
Not in order to take away the legs, but to cause death, that they might be taken down from the cross, and the feast day not be defiled by the sight of such horrid torments.
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