'They will look to the one whom they have pierced.' John 19:31-37

'They will look to the one whom they have pierced.' 

 John 19:31-37

 

³¹ It was the Day of Preparation, and to avoid the bodies' remaining on the cross during the Sabbath -- since that Sabbath was a day of special solemnity -- the Jews asked Pilate to have the legs broken and the bodies taken away.

³² Consequently the soldiers came and broke the legs of the first man who had been crucified with him and then of the other.

³³ When they came to Jesus, they saw he was already dead, and so instead of breaking his legs

³⁴ one of the soldiers pierced his side with a lance; and immediately there came out blood and water.

³⁵ This is the evidence of one who saw it -- true evidence, and he knows that what he says is true -- and he gives it so that you may believe as well.

³⁶ Because all this happened to fulfil the words of scripture: Not one bone of his will be broken;

³⁷ and again, in another place scripture says: They will look to the one whom they have pierced.