Plunged his spear Into Jesus' side. They did not break Jesus' legs, since he was already dead. Just to make sure, the spear is plunged into his side. At once blood and water poured out. Johnson thinks this shows Jesus died of a bursted heart. The fact that John clearly identifies blood and water shows there is some special meaning here. Compare 1 John 5:6-8. [The ancient writers thought of BAPTISM as the point of contact with the blood of Christ. J.F. Bethune-Baker, in An Introduction to the Early History of Christian Doctrine, says about baptism: "It was the medium by which the power of the life and death of Christ was made effective to the individual experience." Compare 1 Peter 3:20-21.]

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