For these things were done, that the scripture should be fulfilled, A bone of him shall not be broken.
Ver. 36. Not a bone of him was broken] So he appeared to be the true Paschal Lamb, that was roasted whole in the fire of his Father's wrath, to deliver us from the wrath to come. The soldiers could not break his legs, because God had otherwise ordered it. Voluntas Dei, necessitas rei.