But one of the soldiers with a spear pierced his side, and forthwith came there out blood and water. - John 19:34
But one of the soldiers with a spear pierced his side, and forthwith came there out blood and water.
Why did the soldier do this? Was it out of spite or cruelty? They knew that our Lord Jesus had died; that was the reason they did not break his legs as they did the two thieves. But we know why they did not break his legs. “Not a bone of the passover lamb was to be broken” (Exo.12:46); and we know why the soldier pierced his side. Oh yes, that it be established indeed, he is dead, not in a swoon. But this blood which flowed from our passover lamb speaks of justification, and the water which flowed from our smitten rock speaks of the sanctification of his church.
Henry Mahan
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