John 19:37

John 19:37 in other versions

• King James Version (KJV)And again another scripture saith, They shall look on him whom they pierced.
• New International Version (NIV)and, as another scripture says, “They will look on the one they have pierced.”
• English Standard Version (ESV)And again another Scripture says, "They will look on him whom they have pierced."
• New King James Version (NKJV)And again another Scripture says, “They shall look on Him whom they pierced.”

Context of John 19:37

35He who saw this has testified so that you also may believe. His testimony is true, and he knows he is telling the truth. 36For these things happened so that the Scripture would be fulfilled: Not one of his bones will be broken. Also, another Scripture says: They will look at the one they pierced. 38After this, Joseph of Arimathea, who was a disciple of Jesus — but secretly because of his fear of the Jews — asked Pilate that he might remove Jesus’s body. Pilate gave him permission; so he came and took his body away. 39Nicodemus (who had previously come to him at night) also came, bringing a mixture of about seventy-five pounds of myrrh and aloes.

John 19:37 word by word

καὶ πάλιν ἑτέρα γραφὴ λέγει· ὄψονται εἰς ὃν ἐξεκέντησαν.¶Read the interlinear

Words taken from the KJV.

• Andκαίkai · andG2532
• againπάλινpalin · againG3825
• anotherἕτεροςheteros · otherG2087
• scriptureγραφήgraphē · a writingG1124
• saithλέγωlegō · to sayG3004
• They shall lookὁράωhoraō · to see: seeG3708
• onεἰςeis · towardG1519
• him whomὅςhos hē ho · whichG3739
• they piercedἐκκεντέωekkenteō · to pierceG1574

Cross-references for John 19:37

• Psalms 22:16For dogs have surrounded me; a gang of evildoers has closed in on me; they pierced my hands and my feet.
• Zechariah 12:10“Then I will pour out a spirit of grace and prayer on the house of David and the residents of Jerusalem, and they will look at me whom they pierced. They will mourn for him as one mourns for an only child and weep bitterly for him as one weeps for a firstborn.
• Revelation 1:7Look, he is coming with the clouds, and every eye will see him, even those who pierced him. And all the tribes of the earth will mourn over him. So it is to be. Amen.

Commentaries on John 19:37

• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 37Another‘ 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…Read the comment
• Matthew Henry Concise Commentary · v. 31-37Verses 31-37 A trial was made whether Jesus was dead. He died in less time than persons crucified commonly did. It showed that he had laid down his life of himself. The spear broke up the very fountains of life; no human body could survive such a wound. But its being so solemnly attested, shows there was something peculiar in it. The blood and water that flowed out, signified those two great benefits which all believers partake of through Christ…Read the comment
• Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 37“They will look on the One they have pierced”: Zechariah 12:10 describes how Israel would look on a prophet or the Messiah and lament their own tragic lack of faith.Read the comment
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 31-4231-37. the preparation--sabbath eve. that the bodies should not remain--over night, against the Mosaic law (De 21:22, 23). on the sabbath day, for that sabbath day was an high day--or "great" day--the first day of unleavened bread, and, as concurring with an ordinary sabbath, the most solemn season of the ecclesiastical year. Hence their peculiar jealousy lest the law should be infringed. besought Pilate that their legs might be broken--to hasten their…Read the comment

Topics related to John 19:37

• Jesus, the Christ
• Prophecy
• Quotations and Allusions

In the dictionaries

• Humiliation of Christ
• Quotations
• Thenceforth
• Writing
• Inspiration
• Jesus Christ
• John, Gospel of
• Lord's Supper; (eucharist)
• Revelation of John
• Myrrh

Commentaries on John 19

• Adam Clarke Bible Commentary
• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible
• Matthew Henry Concise Commentary
• Tyndale Open Study Notes
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary
• Calvin’s Commentaries
• John Wesley’s Notes
• Catena Aurea
• Illustrated New Testament
• Burkitt’s Expository Notes
• Darby Translation Notes
• Family Bible Notes
• Geneva Bible Translation Notes
• Kingcomments
• John Lightfoot Commentary
• Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary
• Matthew Henry’s Modern English Commentary
• The People’s New Testament
• Robertson’s Word Pictures
• Scofield Reference Notes, 1917 Edition
• The Fourfold Gospel and Commentary on Acts
• Original Douay–Rheims Annotations
• Seventh-day Adventist Bible Commentary
• EGW Writings