SCRIPTURE COMMENTARY # 594
The soldiers therefore came: and they broke the legs of the first, and of the other that was crucified with him. But after they were come to Jesus, when they saw that he was already dead, they did not break his legs. (John 19:32-33)
OUR PASCHAL LAMB: Our Divine Savior, crucified on the Jewish paschal feast, is the true Paschal Lamb; and therefore St. Paul says: "Christ, our Pasch, is sacrificed" (I Cor. 5:7). No bone of the typical lamb might be broken (Old Testament Law), and this law was meant to typify that no bone would be broken of the true Paschal Lamb, our Redeemer. This, as you have read, came to pass. [From 'A Practical Commentary on Holy Scripture' by Bishop Knecht, D.D.]
(1899 Douay-Rheims Bible)
(1899 Douay-Rheims Bible)
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