The Pulpit Commentary - John 19:31-37
(6) The piercing of the side, with its significance—the final close of the life of earth. read more
约翰福音 19:33-37 Rcuvss
Spence, H. D. M., etc.
Spence, H. D. M., etc.
The Pulpit Commentary - John 19:31-37
The breaking of the legs. It was usual for the Romans to leave the dead on the cross to the ravages of wild beasts. A providential event changed the usage in this case. I. THE ANXIETY OF THE JEWS FOR THE REMOVAL OF THE BODIES . "The Jews therefore, because it was the preparation, that the bodies should not remain upon the cross on the sabbath day (for that sabbath was an high day), besought Pilate that their legs might be broken, and that they might be taken... read more
Spence, H. D. M., etc.
The Pulpit Commentary - John 19:32-34
Then came the soldiers, and brake the legs of the first— two of the quaternion employed on the one deed, and two on the other—and of the other which was crucified with him. But when they came to Jesus, and saw that he was already dead, they brake not his legs. Their barbarous mercy was unnecessary, and John caw in this another correspondence with the sacred symbolism and prophetic anticipations of the Old Testament. But one of the soldiers pierced —gashed, probably, for the word ... read more
Spence, H. D. M., etc.
The Pulpit Commentary - John 19:35
He that hath seen hath borne , and is now bearing, herein and hereby, witness, and his witness is veritable —the highest and surest kind of witness, that of direct observation, staggering, confounding the ordinary sense, but proving that the Son of God died in his human body— and he knoweth, by his own inward experience, that he saith true things, that ye also £ may believe . A vehement effort has been made to sever this testimony from the evangelist, and refer it to a third person ... read more
Spence, H. D. M., etc.
The Pulpit Commentary - John 19:36
For these things came to pass, that the Scripture might be fulfilled. Both the omission of the crurifragium, and the piercing of the Redeemer's side, with its solemn and strange issues, confirm to this great eye-witness the spiritual meaning and Messianic portraiture involved in them. A bone of him shall not be broken. This quotation from the ceremonial of the Passover ( Exodus 12:46 ; Numbers 9:12 ), where the lamb offered to God was to be shielded from unnecessary mutilation, is in... read more
Spence, H. D. M., etc.
The Pulpit Commentary - John 19:37
And again another Scripture saith . The second of the Old Testament quotations is in several ways important and noteworthy. They shall look on him whom they pierced ( εἰς ὅν ἐξεκέντησαν ). The original passage is ( Zechariah 12:10 ), וּדקָדָּ רשֶׁאֲ־תאֵ ילִאֵ , "They shall look upon me whom they pierced." The evangelist altered the ME into HIM , which, as it stands in the old oracle, and regarded as the language of Jehovah, is sufficiently surprising. The LXX .... read more
Albert Barnes
Albert Barnes' Notes on the Whole Bible - John 19:33
Saw that he was dead - Saw by the indications of death on his person, and perhaps by the testimony of the centurion, Matthew 27:54. The death of Jesus was doubtless hastened by the intense agony of the garden, and the special sufferings endured as an atonement for sin on the cross. Compare Matthew 27:46. read more
Albert Barnes
Albert Barnes' Notes on the Whole Bible - John 19:34
One of the soldiers - One of those appointed to watch the bodies until they were dead. This man appears to have doubted whether he was dead, and, in order to see whether he was not yet sensible, he pierced him with his spear. The Jews designed that his legs should be broken, but this was prevented by the providence of God; yet in another way more satisfactory proof was obtained of his death than would have been by the breaking of his legs. This was so ordered, no doubt, that there might be the... read more
Albert Barnes
Albert Barnes' Notes on the Whole Bible - John 19:35
He that saw it - John himself. He is accustomed to speak of himself in the third person.His record is true - His testimony is true. Such was the known character of this writer, such his sacred regard for truth, that he could appeal to that with full assurance that all would put confidence in him. He often appeals thus to the fact that his testimony was known to be true. It would be well if all Christians had such a character that their word would be assuredly believed. read more
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John Calvin's Commentary on the Bible - John 19:37
Verse 37 37.They shall look on him whom they pierced. This passage is violently tortured by those who endeavor to explain it literally as referring to Christ. Nor is this the purpose for which the Evangelist quotes ib but rather to show that Christ is that God who formerly complained, by Zechariah, that the Jews had pierced his heart, (Zechariah 12:10) Now, God speaks there after the manner of men, declaring that He is wounded by the sins of his people, and especially by their obstinate... read more