Where a verse leads
Psalm 22:16: Where It Appears, and Where It Leads to Christ
“For dogs have compassed me: the assembly of the wicked have inclosed me: they pierced my hands and my feet.”Psalm 22:16
Psalm 22:16 is one of the verses The Living Bread keeps returning to. It anchors 2 different readings across the site. Each is listed below, with an honest note on how directly it is read of Christ. Read the verse first, then follow it wherever it leads.
Read it in its place
14 I am poured out like water, and all my bones are out of joint: my heart is like wax; it is melted in the midst of my bowels. 15 My strength is dried up like a potsherd; and my tongue cleaveth to my jaws; and thou hast brought me into the dust of death. 16 For dogs have compassed me: the assembly of the wicked have inclosed me: they pierced my hands and my feet. 17 I may tell all my bones: they look and stare upon me. 18 They part my garments among them, and cast lots upon my vesture.
Psalm 22 · King James Version
The Scripture on both sides of it
The New Testament takes this up at:
“And again another scripture saith, They shall look on him whom they pierced.”
John 19:37 · King James Version
“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.”
John 20:25 · King James Version
See how They Pierced My Hands and My Feet moves from the Old Testament into the New →
Every collection that stands on this verse
Shadows and types
- Pierced Hands and Feet (Strong canonical echo)
- They Pierced My Hands and My Feet
Questions people ask
What does Psalm 22:16 mean?
Psalm 22:16 is one of the verses The Living Bread returns to again and again, because it opens onto Christ from several directions at once. Read it in its passage above, then follow the collections below to see how it is read across Scripture, each honestly labeled for how directly it speaks of Jesus.
Where is Psalm 22:16 in the Bible?
Psalm 22:16 is found in the book and chapter named in the reference. You can read the whole chapter, in the King James Version, on The Living Bread.
How does Psalm 22:16 point to Jesus?
Follow the collections gathered on this page. Each one opens Psalm 22:16 from a different angle, and together they show how the verse, read in its place, leads to Christ, who said that all the Scriptures speak of Him.