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Psa 22:16 — For dogs have compassed me: the assembly of the wicked have inclosed me: they pierced my hands and my feet.

Phrase of Scripture		Correlating Passages

dogs		Psa 22:1; *title; Psa 22:20; Psa 59:6,14; Mat 7:6; Phl 3:2; Rev 22:15
compassed		Luk 11:53,54
assembly		Psa 86:14; Jer 12:6; Mat 26:57; Mar 15:16-20; Luk 22:63-71; Luk 23:4,5,10,11; Luk 23:23
they pierced		"The textual reading is kaäri, ""as a lion my hands and feet;"" but several MSS., read kâroo, and others karoo in the margin, which affords the reading adopted by our translators. So the LXX. [oryxan cheiras mou kai podas] so also the Vulgate, Syriac, Arabic, and Ethiopic; and as all the Evangelists so quote the passage, and apply it to the crucifixion of Christ, there seems scarcely the shadow of a doubt that this is the genuine reading; especially when it is considered, that the other contains no sense at all. The whole difference lies between [vâv] wav and [yôwd] yood, which might easily be mistaken for each other. Zec 12:10; Mat 27:35; Mar 15:24; Luk 23:33; Jhn 19:23,37; Jhn 20:25,27"

Correlating Passages

dogs

	Psa 22:1	[[To the chief Musician upon Aijeleth Shahar, A Psalm of David.]] My God, my God, why hast thou forsaken me? [why art thou so] far from helping me, [and from] the words of my roaring?
	Psa 22:20	Deliver my soul from the sword; my darling from the power of the dog.
	Psa 59:6	They return at evening: they make a noise like a dog, and go round about the city.
	Psa 59:14	And at evening let them return; [and] let them make a noise like a dog, and go round about the city.
	Mat 7:6	Give not that which is holy unto the dogs, neither cast ye your pearls before swine, lest they trample them under their feet, and turn again and rend you.
	Phl 3:2	Beware of dogs, beware of evil workers, beware of the concision.
	Rev 22:15	For without [are] dogs, and sorcerers, and whoremongers, and murderers, and idolaters, and whosoever loveth and maketh a lie.

compassed

	Luk 11:53	And as he said these things unto them, the scribes and the Pharisees began to urge [him] vehemently, and to provoke him to speak of many things:
	Luk 11:54	Laying wait for him, and seeking to catch something out of his mouth, that they might accuse him.

assembly

	Psa 86:14	O God, the proud are risen against me, and the assemblies of violent [men] have sought after my soul; and have not set thee before them.
	Jer 12:6	For even thy brethren, and the house of thy father, even they have dealt treacherously with thee; yea, they have called a multitude after thee: believe them not, though they speak fair words unto thee.
	Mat 26:57	And they that had laid hold on Jesus led [him] away to Caiaphas the high priest, where the scribes and the elders were assembled.
	Mar 15:16	And the soldiers led him away into the hall, called Praetorium; and they call together the whole band.
	Mar 15:17	And they clothed him with purple, and platted a crown of thorns, and put it about his [head],
	Mar 15:18	And began to salute him, Hail, King of the Jews!
	Mar 15:19	And they smote him on the head with a reed, and did spit upon him, and bowing [their] knees worshipped him.
	Mar 15:20	And when they had mocked him, they took off the purple from him, and put his own clothes on him, and led him out to crucify him.
	Luk 22:63	And the men that held Jesus mocked him, and smote [him].
	Luk 22:64	And when they had blindfolded him, they struck him on the face, and asked him, saying, Prophesy, who is it that smote thee?
	Luk 22:65	And many other things blasphemously spake they against him.
	Luk 22:66	And as soon as it was day, the elders of the people and the chief priests and the scribes came together, and led him into their council, saying,
	Luk 22:67	Art thou the Christ? tell us. And he said unto them, If I tell you, ye will not believe:
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	Luk 23:4	Then said Pilate to the chief priests and [to] the people, I find no fault in this man.
	Luk 23:5	And they were the more fierce, saying, He stirreth up the people, teaching throughout all Jewry, beginning from Galilee to this place.
	Luk 23:10	And the chief priests and scribes stood and vehemently accused him.
	Luk 23:11	And Herod with his men of war set him at nought, and mocked [him], and arrayed him in a gorgeous robe, and sent him again to Pilate.
	Luk 23:23	And they were instant with loud voices, requiring that he might be crucified. And the voices of them and of the chief priests prevailed.

they pierced

	Zec 12:10	And I will pour upon the house of David, and upon the inhabitants of Jerusalem, the spirit of grace and of supplications: and they shall look upon me whom they have pierced, and they shall mourn for him, as one mourneth for [his] only [son], and shall be in bitterness for him, as one that is in bitterness for [his] firstborn.
	Mat 27:35	And they crucified him, and parted his garments, casting lots: that it might be fulfilled which was spoken by the prophet, They parted my garments among them, and upon my vesture did they cast lots.
	Mar 15:24	And when they had crucified him, they parted his garments, casting lots upon them, what every man should take.
	Luk 23:33	And when they were come to the place, which is called Calvary, there they crucified him, and the malefactors, one on the right hand, and the other on the left.
	Jhn 19:23	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, woven from the top throughout.
	Jhn 19:37	And again another scripture saith, They shall look on him whom they pierced.
	Jhn 20:25	The other disciples therefore said unto him, We have seen the Lord. But he said unto them, Except I shall see in his hands the print of the nails, and put my finger into the print of the nails, and thrust my hand into his side, I will not believe.
	Jhn 20:27	Then saith he to Thomas, Reach hither thy finger, and behold my hands; and reach hither thy hand, and thrust [it] into my side: and be not faithless, but believing.

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