John 19:37

And again another scripture says, They shall look on him whom they pierced.
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Cornelius a Lapide

AD 1637
And again another scripture saith, They shall look on Him whom they pierced. See Zechariah 12:10.

George Leo Haydock

AD 1849
This text is from Zacharias xii. 10. and seems to refer most literally to Jesus Christ.

Hippolytus of Rome

AD 235
And once for all shall the people of the Hebrews see all these things, and they shall mourn and weep, as the prophet exclaims, "They shall look on Him whom they have pierced; "

Tertullian of Carthage

AD 220
Up to the present moment they have not, tribe by tribe, smitten their breasts, looking on Him whom they pierced. so as even to be recognised by those who pierced Him.

The Apostolic Constitutions

AD 375
Rate the feast of the ascension of the Lord, whereon He finished all His dispensation and constitution, and returned to that God and Father that sent Him, and sat down at the right hand of power, and remains there until His enemies are put under His feet; who also will come at the consummation of the world with power and great glory, to judge the quick and the dead, and to recompense to every one according to his works. And then shall they see the beloved Son of God whom they pierced;

Knowing this first, that no prophecy of the scripture is of any private interpretation - 2 Peter 1:20

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