John 19:29-31

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²⁹ There was a jar there full of sour wine. So they put a sponge filled with the sour wine on a hyssop rod and lifted it to his mouth. ³⁰ Jesus drank it.

“It’s all done!” he said.

Then he let his head drop, and gave up his spirit.

Blood and water

³¹ It was the day of Preparation. The coming sabbath was a very special one, and the Judaeans were anxious that the bodies should not remain on the cross during the sabbath. So they asked Pilate to have the legs of the crucified men broken, and their bodies taken away.