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Not one of His bones will be broken
The soldiers broke the legs of the two crucified with Jesus but not His. John says this fulfilled Scripture, words found both in Psalm 34 and in the law of the Passover lamb.
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New TestamentJohn 19:36Open this recordRead the earlier witness
he protects all his bones, not one of them will be broken. Read the later witness
These things happened so that the scripture would be fulfilled: “Not one of his bones will be broken,” Why FaithGraph draws this line
John 19:36 quotes Psalms 34:20.
John says the soldiers' not breaking Jesus' legs fulfilled the Scripture that none of His bones would be broken.
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- The Passover lamb. John's wording also matches the rule that no bone of the Passover lamb be broken (Exodus 12:46, Numbers 9:12). Many readers hear both texts, with the lamb in view since John dates the death to the Passover preparation.
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