...Evangelist saith, " with a spear pierced his side, and forthwith came thereout blood and water. And he that saw it bare record, and his record is true, and...knoweth that he saith true, that ye might believe." When a man accompanies the assertion of a fact with this declaration, that he was an eye-witness,—that...

...from the very first, to write unto thee in order, most excellent Theophilus. John, xix. 35. And he that saw it bare record, and his record is true: and...knoweth that he saith true, that ye might believe, xx. 24. But Thomas, one of the twelve, called Didymus, was not with them wJien Jesus came. 2 Pet. i....

...soldiers with a spear pierced his side, and forthwith came thereout blood and water . 35. " And he that saw it, bare record, and his record is true,...knoweth that he saith true, that ye might believe. BURIAL AND RESURRECTION 36. " For these things were done, that the Scriptures should be fulfilled,...

...accomplished in the antitype which is written concerning the type. Thus, in John xix. 36. we read, These things were done that the Scripture should be fulfilled, — " a bone of him shall not be broken." These words, which were originally written of the paschal lamb, (Exod. xii. 46. Numb. ix....

...of the soldiers with a spear pierced his side, and forthwith came thereout blood and water. And he that saw it bare record, and his record is true: and...Scripture saith, They shall look on him whom they pierced. Easter Even. The Collect. GRANT, O Lord, that as we are baptized into the death of thy blessed...

...and forthwith came thereout blood and water. St. John saw it, and his observation upon it is this : " For these things " were done, that the Scripture should...Scripture saith, " They shall look on him whom they pierced." 0 For a commentary on the latter part of this passage, see Chandler's Defence, p, 107—115....

...of, were not matter of either the one or the other. " For these things were done, that the Scriptures should be fulfilled, A bone of him shall not be broken...scripture saith, They shall look on him whom they have pierced." John xix. 36, 37. These predictions, as far as our Lord was concerned, must be certainly...

...of the soldiers with a spearpierced his side, and forthwith came thereout blood and water. 35 And he that saw it, bare record, and his record is true ;...knoweth that he saith true, that ye might believe. SB For these things were done, bone of him shall not be t 37 And again, another s aith, They shall...

...declare we unto you b." His Gospel therefore is highly valuable upon its own account. " He that saw bare record, and his record is true : and he knoweth that he saith true, that ye might believe1." It is valuable also as a confirmation of the others. According to the testimony of antiquity,...

...mentioned by the other evangelists, he asserts it with peculiar earnestness—" And he that saw it, bear record, and his record is true: and he knoweth that he saith true, that ye might believe." —John saw blood and water flowing from the wound; the blood is easily accounted for, but whence came...