37And again another scripture saith, They shall look on him whom they pierced.
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And I will pour upon the house of David, and upon the inhabitants of Jerusalem, the spirit of grace and of supplications: and they shall look upon me whom they have pierced, and they shall mourn for him, as one mourneth for his only son, and shall be in bitterness for him, as one that is in bitterness for his firstborn.
Behold, he cometh with clouds; and every eye shall see him, and they also which pierced him: and all kindreds of the earth shall wail because of him. Even so, Amen.
For dogs have compassed me: the assembly of the wicked have inclosed me: they pierced my hands and my feet. …
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Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary on the Bible (1710)
(vv. 31-37)This passage concerning the piercing of Christ’s side after his death is recorded only by this evangelist. I. Observe the superstition of the Jews, which occasioned it (John 19:31): Because it was the preparation for the sabbath, and that sabbath day , because it fell in the passover-week, was a high day , that they might show a veneration for the sabbath, they would not have the dead bodies to re…
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