39] John provides the key.   

Now from John’s perspective, notice John19:30-37 and his narration of events surrounding Christ’s death.

The key point provided by John’s narration explains the connection of Christ’s death to what took place in the Temple at the 9^th hour on the Passover Day.

As Matthew, Mark, and Luke wrote, specifying the ninth hour as being the time of Christ’s death, we will now understand that it was at that hour the sacrifice of the LORD’S Passover Lamb occurred.

Christ died at the ninth hour; was pierced and did not have his legs broken (John 19:30, 33, 34)

John wrote (as a witness of the truth of what he actually saw John 19:35), John 19:36 for these things were done, that the scriptures should be fulfilled, “a bone of him shall not be broken.”

Now just where exactly is that quote a bone of him shall not be broken found in the Bible?  

That exact quote, a bone of him shall not be broken as John wrote is nowhere found in the entirety of the Old Testament. However, it still is truth. Based on the astonishing events occurring right in front of John’s eyes on that Passover/Preparation day, John used inferential logic with the Scriptures he knew, as he was inspired by God’s Spirit to write what he did.

What scripture(s) does John use to infer what he wrote - a bone of him shall not be broken? What scripture(s) were fulfilled at the death of Jesus Christ?

The following two Scriptures were fulfilled pertaining to His bones – … neither shall ye break a bone thereof Exodus 12:46 and … nor break any bone of it … Numbers 9:12.

Both these Scriptures, which John says were fulfilled at the death of Jesus Christ dealt specifically and only with the Passover Lamb.

However, the revelation; now John draws the connection.

These scriptures relate to Jesus Christ himself – THE Passover Lamb. John teaches that Christ’s death fulfilled the scriptures as they pertained to the Passover sacrifice, which was established under the Old Testament Law as written by Moses.

Jesus Christ is the ultimate, the fulfillment of the Passover Lamb sacrifice.

It was the understanding of that fulfillment which caused Paul to say, Christ, our Passover is sacrificed for us (I Corinthians 5:7). The Passover Lamb is what was sacrificed. Passover and sacrifice in that context informs us that Christ is our Passover Lamb sacrificed for us and He died concurrently with the Passover Lamb in the Temple that year. John made that point clear; Paul confirmed.

The Jews have their Passover Lamb; but the Followers of Christ, the very Messiah, have Jesus Christ as their Passover Lamb. Jesus Christ became THE Passover Lamb for humanity and the Jews. The Jew and Gentile alike will yet accept that fact, just as we have already come to accept that fact.

The Lamb in the Temple was not the fulfillment of the scriptures pertaining to the Passover Lamb sacrifice; rather Jesus Christ is the fulfillment of the scriptures relating to the Passover.

Jesus Christ died at the same time the Passover Lamb was sacrificed, at the 9^th hour.

The time of Christ’s death, at the 9^th hour on the Passover/Preparation day, reveals to the world that He is the Passover Lamb and His death was necessary to ensure the process of salvation, of calling people out of and delivering them from sin and into eternal life.