John 19:33 BSB — MannaFest

John 19:33

But when they came to Jesus and saw that He was already dead, they did not break His legs.

BSB

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ASV

but when they came to Jesus, and saw that he was dead already, they brake not his legs:

KJV

But when they came to Jesus, and saw that he was dead already, they brake not his legs:

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Commentary

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Tertullian

On Modesty (220)

Whence, too, it was that there flowed out of the wound in the Lord's side water and blood, the materials of either baptism.

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The Nineteenth Century3 voices

Albert Barnes

1798–1870

Notes, Explanatory and Practical, on the Old and New Testaments (1832-1869)

Saw that he was dead - Saw by the indications of death on his person, and perhaps by the testimony of the centurion, Mat 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 Mat 27:46.

J.C. Ryle

1816–1900

Expository Thoughts on the Gospels: John (lightly modernized text, Grace Gems edition) (1869)

This part of John's narrative of Christ's passion, contains points of deep interest, which are silently passed over by Matthew, Mark, and Luke. The reason of this silence we are not told. Suffice it for us to remember that, both in what they recorded and in what they did not record, all four Evangelists wrote by inspiration of God. Let us mark, for one thing, in these verses, the frequent fulfillments of prophetic Scripture throughout every part of Christ's crucifixion. Three different predictions are specially mentioned, in Exodus, Psalms, and Zechariah, which received their accomplishment at the cross.

Charles Spurgeon

1834–1892

The Metropolitan Tabernacle Pulpit, Sermon No. 3559: “The Pierced Heart of Jesus” (lightly modernized text, CCEL edition) (1917)

WHAT a wonderful conjunction of Prophecy and Providence! I want you to behold it, and admire it. Two texts of Scripture predict, the one in Exodus the other in Zechariah (such a long interval having occurred between the distinct records), the former that not a bone of the Paschal Lamb should be broken—the latter that He should be pierced. How were these two to be fulfilled in the minuteness of one incident? The rough Roman soldier comes with the iron bar to break the bones of the three prisoners who have been crucified. He has orders to break their legs.

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Original language & word study

15 tagged words

Original	Transliteration	Meaning	Word study
ἐπὶ	epi	to	G1909 →
δὲ	de	however	G1161 →
τὸν	ton	<the>	G3588 →
Ἰησοῦν	Iēsoun	Jesus	G2424 →
ἐλθόντες,	elthontes	having come,	G2064 →
ὡς	hōs	when	G5613 →
εἶδον	eidon	they saw	G1492 →
ἤδη	ēdē	already	G2235 →
αὐτὸν	auton	Him	G846 →
τεθνηκότα,	tethnēkota	having been dead,	G2348 →
οὐ	ou	not	G3756 →
κατέαξαν	kateaxan	they did break	G2608 →
αὐτοῦ	autou	His	G846 →
τὰ	ta	<the>	G3588 →
σκέλη,	skelē	legs,	G4628 →