46In one house shall it be eaten; thou shalt not carry forth ought of the flesh abroad out of the house; neither shall ye break a bone thereof.
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They shall leave none of it unto the morning, nor break any bone of it: according to all the ordinances of the passover they shall keep it.
For these things were done, that the scripture should be fulfilled, A bone of him shall not be broken.
But when they came to Jesus, and saw that he was dead already, they brake not his legs:
Now therefore ye are no more strangers and foreigners, but fellowcitizens with the saints, and of the household of God; …
For as the body is one, and hath many members, and all the members of that one body, being many, are one body: so also is Christ.
Commentary
Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary on the Bible (1710)
(vv. 43-51)Some further precepts are here given concerning the passover, as it should be observed in times to come. I. All the congregation of Israel must keep it , Exod. 12:47. All that share in God’s mercies should join in thankful praises for them. Though it was observed in families apart, yet it is looked upon as the act of the whole congregation; for the smaller communities constituted the greater. The…
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