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The One they have pierced

Zechariah foresaw Jerusalem looking on one whom they had pierced and mourning. John applied the words to the spear thrust at the cross, and Revelation echoes them for Christ's return.

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Old TestamentZechariah 12:10Open this record
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New TestamentJohn 19:37Open this record

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“And I will pour out on the house of David and the inhabitants of Jerusalem a spirit of grace and supplication. They will look on me, the one they have pierced, and they will mourn for him as one mourns for an only child, and grieve bitterly for him as one grieves for a firstborn son.
Zechariah 12:10 New International Version (NIV)The Holy Bible, New International Version® NIV® Copyright © 1973, 1978, 1984, 2011 by Biblica, Inc.® Used by Permission of Biblica, Inc.® All rights reserved worldwide.

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and, as another scripture says, “They will look on the one they have pierced.”
John 19:37 New International Version (NIV)The Holy Bible, New International Version® NIV® Copyright © 1973, 1978, 1984, 2011 by Biblica, Inc.® Used by Permission of Biblica, Inc.® All rights reserved worldwide.

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John 19:37 quotes Zechariah 12:10.

John cites a second Scripture for the piercing of Jesus' side: they will look on the one they have pierced.

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