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“For dogs have compassed Me…they pierced My hands and My feet” (Psalm 22:16).
“The inhabitants of Jerusalem…shall look upon Me whom they have pierced” (Zechariah 12:10).
In Psalm 22, David prophesied that the “dogs” would pierce the hands and feet of the Lord Jesus. All through the Word of God the Gentiles are portrayed as dogs, compared to the nation of Israel, for God had chosen Israel to be His special people. When the Lord Jesus was crucified, it was the Romans who actually carried out the sentence and put the nails in His hands and feet.
However, in Zechariah, it clearly says that in a coming day the people of Jerusalem (that is, the Jews) will look upon the Lord Jesus as the One whom “they have pierced.” Why is this? It is because both the Jews and Gentiles are guilty of the death of the Lord Jesus. The Jewish nation demanded that Pilate crucify Him, because they hated Him. But Pilate did not have to give in to them. He knew the Lord Jesus was innocent of any crime, but in order to satisfy the Jews and avoid a riot, he condemned an innocent man to be crucified. Surely all the world is guilty before God.
How wonderful it is that on that cross, the Lord Jesus died so that all could be saved, both Jews and Gentiles!
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