Zechariah 12:10
12:10And I will pour out upon the house of David and upon the inhabitants of Jerusalem, the spirit of grace and of prayers. And they will look upon me, whom they have pierced, and they will mourn for him as one mourns for an only son, and they will feel sorrow over him, as one would be sorrowful at the death of a firstborn
Both pinned editions contain the same Zechariah 12:10 boundary. The separate connection note explains the wording and pronoun interpretation.
Editorial apparatus
Connections
1 typed link connect to this passage.
John 19:24–37 - Garments, bones, and the pierced side
John 19:37 explicitly applies Zechariah's pierced figure to Jesus after the soldier opens his side. The original figure in Zechariah remains debated; John's application is clear without identifying that earlier figure with certainty.
Sources & review
- Interpretation
- fulfillment
- Principal basis
- Explicit New Testament application
- Review status
- source checked
- scripture
Zech 12:10
- scripture
John 19:34-37
- catechism
Catholic Church, Catechism of the Catholic Church
Vatican English edition
Interpretive support: conversion is described through looking upon the pierced Christ. This is not independent historical corroboration of the spear wound.
- commentary
United States Conference of Catholic Bishops, New American Bible, Revised Edition
USCCB online Bible and notes
Explicitly identifies John's application while leaving the original figure and the rendering of the Hebrew pronouns open.
- church father
Augustine of Hippo, Tractates on the Gospel of John
Nicene and Post-Nicene Fathers, Series I, vol. 7 (New Advent)
Directly joins John's spear wound and his quotation about looking upon the pierced one.
Editorial questions
Accepted with qualification · interpretive dispute
John's christological application is explicit. The original pierced figure in Zechariah and the Hebrew shift between me and him remain disputed.
Editorial response: The original pierced figure and pronoun rendering in Zechariah remain debated. Atlas records John's explicit application to Jesus without claiming to settle the oracle's original historical referent.