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John 19:37

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“Again another Scripture says, “They will look on him whom they pierced.”Zechariah 12:10”

— WEB

“And again another scripture saith, They shall look on him whom they pierced.”

— KJV

“And again another scripture saith, They shall look on him whom they pierced.”

— ASV

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Commentary

And again another scripture saith, They shall look on him whom they pierced--The quotation is from Zac 12:10; not taken as usual from the Septuagint (the current Greek version), which here is all wrong, but direct from the Hebrew. And there is a remarkable nicety in the choice of the words employed both by the prophet and the Evangelist for "piercing." The word in Zechariah means to thrust through with spear, javelin, sword, or any such weapon. In that sense it is used in all the ten places, besides this, where it is found. How suitable this was to express the action of the Roman soldier, is manifest; and our Evangelist uses the exactly corresponding word, which the Septuagint certainly does not. Very different is the other word for "pierce" in Psa 22:16, "They pierced my hands and my feet." The word there used is one signifying to bore as with an awl or hammer. How striking are these small niceties!

Jamieson-Fausset-Brown Commentary (public domain)

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