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John 19:36
John 19:36 is verse 36 of John chapter 19, shown here in the Berean Standard Bible.
Berean Standard Bible
Now these things happened so that the Scripture would be fulfilled: “Not one of His bones will be broken.”
Psalms 34:20; see also Exodus 12:46 and Numbers 9:12.
King James Version
For these things were done, that the scripture should be fulfilled, A bone of him shall not be broken.
World English Bible
For these things happened that the Scripture might be fulfilled, “A bone of him will not be broken.”
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John 19:34–38 · Berean Standard Bible
34 Instead, one of the soldiers pierced His side with a spear, and immediately blood and water flowed out.
35 The one who saw it has testified to this, and his testimony is true. He knows that he is telling the truth, so that you also may believe.
36 Now these things happened so that the Scripture would be fulfilled: “Not one of His bones will be broken.”
37 And, as another Scripture says: “They will look on the One they have pierced.”
38 Afterward, Joseph of Arimathea, who was a disciple of Jesus (but secretly for fear of the Jews), asked Pilate to let him remove the body of Jesus. Pilate gave him permission, so he came and removed His body.
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Cross-references
The Treasury of Scripture Knowledge lists these related verses. Scripture text comes from the Berean Standard Bible.
Exodus 12:46It must be eaten inside one house. You are not to take any of the meat outside the house, and you may not break any of the bones.
Numbers 9:12they may not leave any of it until morning or break any of its bones. They must observe the Passover according to all its statutes.
Psalms 22:14I am poured out like water, and all my bones are disjointed. My heart is like wax; it melts away within me.
Psalms 34:20He protects all his bones; not one of them will be broken.
Psalms 35:10All my bones will exclaim, “Who is like You, O LORD, who delivers the afflicted from the aggressor, the poor and needy from the robber?”