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New Living Translation

John 19:37

and "They will look on the one they pierced."

Bible Study Resources

Concordances:

- Nave's Topical Bible - Jesus, the Christ;   Prophecy;   Quotations and Allusions;   The Topic Concordance - Jesus Christ;   Torrey's Topical Textbook - Prophecies Respecting Christ;  

Dictionaries:

- Bridgeway Bible Dictionary - Quotations;   Baker Evangelical Dictionary of Biblical Theology - Feasts and Festivals of Israel;   Persecution;   Zechariah, Theology of;   Charles Buck Theological Dictionary - Christianity;   Humiliation of Christ;   Jesus Christ;   Easton Bible Dictionary - Quotations;   Fausset Bible Dictionary - Burial;   John, the Gospel According to;   Old Testament;   Prophet;   Holman Bible Dictionary - John, the Gospel of;   Hastings' Dictionary of the New Testament - Blood and Water ;   Old Testament (I. Christ as Fulfilment of);   Quotations (2);   Scripture;   Scripture (2);   Septuagint;   Watson's Biblical & Theological Dictionary - Cross;   Zechariah;  

Encyclopedias:

- International Standard Bible Encyclopedia - Inspiration;   Revelation of John:;  

Devotionals:

- Every Day Light - Devotion for November 13;  

Parallel Translations

Christian Standard Bible®
Also, another Scripture says: They will look at the one they pierced.
King James Version (1611)
And againe another Scripture saith, They shall looke on him whom they piersed.
King James Version
And again another scripture saith, They shall look on him whom they pierced.
English Standard Version
And again another Scripture says, "They will look on him whom they have pierced."
New American Standard Bible
And again another Scripture says, "THEY WILL LOOK AT HIM WHOM THEY PIERCED."
New Century Version
And another Scripture says, "They will look at the one they stabbed."
Amplified Bible
And again another Scripture says, "THEY SHALL LOOK AT HIM WHOM THEY HAVE PIERCED."
New American Standard Bible (1995)
And again another Scripture says, "THEY SHALL LOOK ON HIM WHOM THEY PIERCED."
Legacy Standard Bible
And again another Scripture says, "They shall look on Him whom they pierced."
Berean Standard Bible
And, as another Scripture says: "They will look on the One they have pierced."
Contemporary English Version
and, "They will see the one in whose side they stuck a spear."
Complete Jewish Bible
And again, another passage says, "They will look at him whom they have pierced."
Darby Translation
And again another scripture says, They shall look on him whom they pierced.
Easy-to-Read Version
and "People will look at the one they stabbed."
Geneva Bible (1587)
And againe an other Scripture saith, They shall see him whom they haue thrust through.
George Lamsa Translation
And again another scripture which said, They shall look on him whom they pierced.
Good News Translation
And there is another scripture that says, "People will look at him whom they pierced."
Lexham English Bible
And again another scripture says, "They will look on the one whom they have pierced."
Literal Translation
And again, a different Scripture says, "They shall look at Him whom they have pierced." Zech. 12:10
American Standard Version
And again another scripture saith, They shall look on him whom they pierced.
Bible in Basic English
And again another verse says, They will see him who was wounded by their spears.
Hebrew Names Version
Again another Scripture says, "They will look on him whom they pierced."
International Standard Version
In addition, another passage of Scripture says, "They will look on the one whom they pierced."Zechariah 12:10">[fn]Psalm 22:16-17; Zechariah 12:10; Revelation 1:7;">[xr]
Etheridge Translation
And again another scripture which said, They shall look upon him whom they pierced.
Murdock Translation
And again another scripture, which saith: They will look on him, whom they pierced.
Bishop's Bible (1568)
And agayne another scripture saith: They shall loke on hym whom they pearsed.
English Revised Version
And again another scripture saith, They shall look on him whom they pierced.
World English Bible
Again another Scripture says, "They will look on him whom they pierced."
Wesley's New Testament (1755)
And again another scripture saith, They shall look on him whom they have pierced.
Weymouth's New Testament
And again another Scripture says, "They shall look on Him whom they have pierced."
Wycliffe Bible (1395)
And eftsoone another scripture seith, Thei schulen se in whom thei piyten thorow.
Update Bible Version
And again another scripture says, They shall look at him whom they pierced.
Webster's Bible Translation
And again another scripture saith, They shall look on him whom they pierced.
New English Translation
And again another scripture says, " They will look on the one whom they have pierced ."
New King James Version
And again another Scripture says, "They shall look on Him whom they pierced." Zechariah 12:10">[fn]
New Life Bible
And in another place the Holy Writings say, "They will look at Him Whose side they cut."
New Revised Standard
And again another passage of scripture says, "They will look on the one whom they have pierced."
J.B. Rotherham Emphasized Bible
and, again, a different Scripture, saith - They shall look unto him whom they pierced.
Douay-Rheims Bible
And again another scripture saith: They shall look on him whom they pierced.
Revised Standard Version
And again another scripture says, "They shall look on him whom they have pierced."
Tyndale New Testament (1525)
And agayne another scripture sayth: They shall looke on him whom they pearsed.
Young's Literal Translation
and again another Writing saith, `They shall look to him whom they did pierce.'
Miles Coverdale Bible (1535)
And agayne, another scripture sayeth: They shal se him, whom they haue pearsed.
Mace New Testament (1729)
and again the scripture saith elsewhere , "they shall look on him whom they pierced."
Simplified Cowboy Version
and another that said, "They will look at the one who has been stabbed."

Contextual Overview

31 It was the day of preparation, and the Jewish leaders didn't want the bodies hanging there the next day, which was the Sabbath (and a very special Sabbath, because it was Passover week). So they asked Pilate to hasten their deaths by ordering that their legs be broken. Then their bodies could be taken down. 32 So the soldiers came and broke the legs of the two men crucified with Jesus. 33 But when they came to Jesus, they saw that he was already dead, so they didn't break his legs. 34 One of the soldiers, however, pierced his side with a spear, and immediately blood and water flowed out. 35 (This report is from an eyewitness giving an accurate account. He speaks the truth so that you also may continue to believe.) 36 These things happened in fulfillment of the Scriptures that say, "Not one of his bones will be broken," 37 and "They will look on the one they pierced."

Bible Verse Review
  from Treasury of Scripure Knowledge

They: Psalms 22:16, Psalms 22:17, Zechariah 12:10, Revelation 1:7

Reciprocal: 1 Kings 2:27 - that he 2 Kings 15:12 - And so Matthew 1:22 - that Matthew 4:14 - it Matthew 21:4 - this Matthew 26:24 - Son of man goeth Mark 14:21 - goeth John 10:35 - the scripture John 12:38 - That John 19:24 - that Acts 13:27 - they have Acts 13:29 - when Galatians 3:8 - the scripture James 4:5 - the scripture

Cross-References

Genesis 19:1
That evening the two angels came to the entrance of the city of Sodom. Lot was sitting there, and when he saw them, he stood up to meet them. Then he welcomed them and bowed with his face to the ground.
Genesis 19:18
"Oh no, my lord!" Lot begged.
Genesis 19:25
He utterly destroyed them, along with the other cities and villages of the plain, wiping out all the people and every bit of vegetation.
Genesis 19:27
Abraham got up early that morning and hurried out to the place where he had stood in the Lord 's presence.
Genesis 19:31
One day the older daughter said to her sister, "There are no men left anywhere in this entire area, so we can't get married like everyone else. And our father will soon be too old to have children.
Numbers 21:29
What sorrow awaits you, O people of Moab! You are finished, O worshipers of Chemosh! Chemosh has left his sons as refugees, his daughters as captives of Sihon, the Amorite king.
Deuteronomy 2:9
the Lord warned us, ‘Do not bother the Moabites, the descendants of Lot, or start a war with them. I have given them Ar as their property, and I will not give you any of their land.'"
Deuteronomy 2:19
and enter the land of the Ammonites, the descendants of Lot. But do not bother them or start a war with them. I have given the land of Ammon to them as their property, and I will not give you any of their land.'"
Deuteronomy 23:3
"No Ammonite or Moabite or any of their descendants for ten generations may be admitted to the assembly of the Lord .
Ruth 4:10
And with the land I have acquired Ruth, the Moabite widow of Mahlon, to be my wife. This way she can have a son to carry on the family name of her dead husband and to inherit the family property here in his hometown. You are all witnesses today."

Gill's Notes on the Bible

And again another Scripture saith,.... Zechariah 12:10 which as the former is referred to on account of the not breaking of his bones, this is cited as fulfilled by the piercing of his side:

they shall look on him whom they pierced; in the Hebrew text it is, "upon me whom they have pierced"; the reason of this difference is, because Christ, who is Jehovah, is there speaking prophetically of himself, here the evangelist cites it as fulfilled in him, that is, that part of it which regards the piercing of him; for that of the Jews looking upon him and mourning is yet to be fulfilled, and will be at the time of their conversion in the latter day, and at the day of judgment. And as the piercing of the Messiah has been literally fulfilled in Jesus, there is reason to believe, though the Jews are to this day hardened against him, that that part of the prophecy which concerns their looking to him, and mourning for him on account of his being pierced by them, will also, in God's own time, be fulfilled. Nor is it any objection to the application of this prophecy to our Lord Jesus, that not the Jews, but the Roman soldiers pierced him, since what one does by another, he may be said to do himself: though it was a Roman soldier that pierced the side of Christ, the Jews might desire and urge him to do it; and however, they agreed to it, and were well pleased with it; and just so Christ is said to be crucified and slain by them; though this was done by the above soldiers, because they prevailed upon Pilate to pass the sentence of death upon him, and to deliver him to the soldiers to be crucified. From the citation of this passage it appears, that the writers of the New Testament did not always follow the Greek version of the Old Testament, which here renders the words very differently, and very wrongly; but John cites them according to the Hebrew text, even which we now have, and which is an instance of the truth, purity, and integrity of the present Hebrew books of the Old Testament. The Jewish doctors n themselves own that these words respect the Messiah, though they pretend that Messiah ben Joseph is meant, who shall be slain in the wars of Gog and Magog; for since their disappointment, and the blindness and hardness of heart which have followed it, they feign two Messiahs as expected by them; one Messiah ben David, who they suppose will be prosperous and victorious; and the other Messiah ben Joseph, who will suffer much, and at last be killed.

n T. Bab. Succa, fol. 52. 1. & ex codem R. Sol. Jarchi, R. David Kimchi, R. Aben Ezra, & R. Sol. ben Melech. in Zech. xii. 10.

Barnes' Notes on the Bible

Another’ scripture - Zechariah 12:10. We must here be struck with the wonderful providence of God, that so many scriptures were fulfilled in his death. All these things happened without any such design on the part of the men engaged in these scenes; but whatever was done by Jew or Gentile tended to the fulfillment of prophecies long on record, and with which the Jews themselves ought to have been familiar. Little did they suppose, when delivering him to Pilate when he was mocked when they parted his garments when they pierced him - that they were fulfilling ancient predictions. But in this way God had so ordered it that the firmest foundation should be laid for the belief that he was the true Messiah, and that the designs of wicked men should all be overruled to the fulfillment of the great plans which God had in sending his Son.


 
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