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Prophecy.-- Psalm 69:21, 'They gave me also gall for my meat; and in my
thirst they gave me vinegar to drink'.-- Psalm 22:18, 'They part my garments
among them, and cast lots upon my vesture'.
Fulfilment.-- John 19:29; Matthew 27:48; Mark 15:36, 'And they filled a
sponge with vinegar, and put it upon hyssop, and put it to his mouth'.-- John
19:23,24, 'Then the soldiers, when they had crucified Jesus, took his
garments, and made four parts, to every soldier a part; and also his coat:
now the coat was without seam'. 'They said therefore among themselves, "Let
us not rend it, but cast lots for it whose it shall be"'.
§ 16.
That not a bone of the Messiah should be broken, but that his side
should be pierced
Prophecy.-- Psalm 34:20, 'He keepeth all his bones: not one of them is
broken'.-- Zechariah 12:10, 'And they shall look upon me Whom they have
pierced'.
Fulfilment.-- John 19:32 -34,
'Then came the soldiers, and brake the
legs of the first, and of the other
which was crucified with him. But when
they came to Jesus, and saw that he
was dead already, they brake Not his
legs. But one of the soldiers with
a spear pierced his side, and forthwith
came there out blood and water'.
§ 17.
That the Messiah should die with malefactors, but be buried honourably
Prophecy.-- Isaiah 53:9, 'And he made his grave with the wicked, and
with the rich in his death'.
Fulfilment.-- Matthew 27:38,57 -60, 'Then were there two thieves
crucified with him'. 'There came a rich man of Arimathaea, named Joseph ...
and begged the body of Jesus; and he wrapped it in a clean linen cloth and
laid it in his own new tomb'.
§ 18.
That the Messiah should rise from the dead, and ascend into heaven
Prophecy.-- Psalm 16:9,10, 'My flesh also shall rest in hope. For thou
wilt not leave my soul in hell; neither wilt thou suffer thine holy one to
see corruption'.-- Isaiah 53:10, 'When thou shalt make his soul an offering
for sin,-- he shall prolong his days'.-- Psalm 68:18, 'Thou hast ascended on
high, thou hast led captivity captive: thou hast received gifts for men ...
that the Lord God might dwell among them'.
Fulfilment.-- Acts 2:31, '(David) spake before of the resurrection of
Christ, that his soul was not left in hell; neither did his flesh see
corruption'. See also Acts 13:35.-- Matthew 28:5,6, 'The angel said unto the
women, "He is not here; for he is risen, as he said"'. See Luke 24:5,6;-- 1
Cor. 15:4, 'He rose again the third day according to the Scriptures'.-- Acts
1:3, 'He showed himself alive after his passion, by many infallible proofs'.-
- Mark 16:19; Luke 24:51; Acts 1:9, 'So then, after the Lord had spoken to
them, while he was blessing them, and while they beheld, he was parted from
them, and carried up into heaven, and sat at the right hand of God'. Compare
also 1 Peter 3:22; 1 Timothy 3:16; Hebrews 6:20.
§ 19.
That the Messiah should send the Holy Spirit, the Comforter