John 19:36 - Revised Standard Version CI

³⁶ For these things took place that the scripture might be fulfilled, “Not a bone of him shall be broken.”

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King James Version (Oxford) 1769

³⁶ For these things were done, that the scripture should be fulfilled, A bone of him shall not be broken.

Amplified Bible - Classic Edition

³⁶ For these things took place, that the Scripture might be fulfilled (verified, carried out), Not one of His bones shall be broken; [Exod. 12:46; Num. 9:12; Ps. 34:20.]

American Standard Version (1901)

³⁶ For these things came to pass, that the scripture might be fulfilled, A bone of him shall not be broken.

Common English Bible

³⁶ These things happened to fulfill the scripture, They won’t break any of his bones.

Catholic Public Domain Version

³⁶ For these things happened so that the Scripture would be fulfilled: "You shall not break a bone of him."

John 19:36 Cross References

2 Kings 15:12

(This was the promise of the Lord which he gave to Jehu, “Your sons shall sit upon the throne of Israel to the fourth generation.” And so it came to pass.)

Psalm 22:14

I am poured out like water, and all my bones are out of joint; my heart is like wax, it is melted within my breast;

Psalm 34:20

He keeps all his bones; not one of them is broken.

Psalm 35:10

All my bones shall say, “O Lord, who is like thee, thou who deliverest the weak from him who is too strong for him, the weak and needy from him who despoils him?”

Exodus 12:46

In one house shall it be eaten; you shall not carry forth any of the flesh outside the house; and you shall not break a bone of it.

Numbers 9:12

They shall leave none of it until the morning, nor break a bone of it; according to all the statute for the passover they shall keep it.

Matthew 1:22

All this took place to fulfil what the Lord had spoken by the prophet:

John 13:18

I am not speaking of you all; I know whom I have chosen; it is that the scripture may be fulfilled, ‘He who ate my bread has lifted his heel against me.’

John 19:24

so they said to one another, “Let us not tear it, but cast lots for it to see whose it shall be.” This was to fulfil the scripture, “They parted my garments among them, and for my clothing they cast lots.”

John 19:28

After this Jesus, knowing that all was now finished, said (to fulfil the scripture), “I thirst.”