dogs: Psalms 22:1 *title Psalms 22:20, Psalms 59:6, Psalms 59:14; Matthew 7:6; Philippians 3:2; Revelation 22:15
compassed: Luke 11:53-54
assembly: Psalms 86:14; Jeremiah 12:6; Matthew 26:57; Mark 15:16-20; Luke 22:63-71, Luke 23:4-5, Luke 23:10-11; Luke 23:23
they pierced: The textual reading is kaari:, "as a lion my hands and feet;" but several manuscripts, read karoo:, and others karoo: in the margin, which affords the reading adopted by our translators. So the LXX ωρυξαν χειρας μου και ποδας:, 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 ε:, wav: and ι:, yood:, which might easily be mistaken for each other. Zechariah 12:10; Matthew 27:35; Mark 15:24; Luke 23:33; John 19:23, John 19:37, John 20:25, John 20:27