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An Intertextuality Pair — one connection between two passages, shown as linked verse cards: the Later text and the Earlier text it quotes, alludes to or echoes. The Significance essay explains why the link matters and where it points in Christ.

Reference Type— how explicit the link is: Quotation, Allusion, or Echo
Connection Method(s)— how it carries meaning: e.g. Typology, Promise-Fulfillment, Analogy, Longitudinal Theme
Found via— where the connection was identified, e.g. the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge or an Anchor-Text Network

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Intertextuality Pair

John 19:36 → Psalms 34:20

Quotation

Later text

John 19:36BSB

Now these things happened so that the Scripture would be fulfilled: “Not one of His bones will be broken.”

Earlier text

Psalms 34:20BSB

He protects all his bones; not one of them will be broken.

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Earlier text

Exodus 12:46BSB

It must be eaten inside one house. You are not to take any of the meat outside the house, and you may not break any of the bones.

Significance

After 19:24, 28, now third scriptural proof Jesus' death fulfills OT Scripture. Not only were garments divided in fulfillment (19:24) and Jesus thirsted on cross (19:28), but also after breathing last, legs not broken (unlike those crucified with him), fulfilling OT Passover symbolism. Moreover, not only did Jesus escape breaking of legs, but body also pierced by spear without sustaining bone damage. Two sets of Scripture converge: (1) Psalm 34:20—God's care for righteous man: "He protects all his bones; not one of them will be broken"; (2) Exodus 12:46 and Numbers 9:12—specification that no bone of Passover lamb may be broken (cf. 1 Corinthians 5:7; 1 Peter 1:19; Brown; Moloney). Apparently "in Jewish thought disfiguration was obstacle to resurrection," may further explain why John stresses no bone broken (Daube; cf.

Found via: Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
Reference Type: Direct Quotation
Connection Method(s): Typology + Promise-Fulfillment

Linked Mentions 1

Trajectory Tables 1

Passover (Christ Our Passover Lamb) Trajectory Table