John 19:31-33

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A soldier puts a spear into Jesus

³¹ It was the day when the Jews prepare everything for their day of rest. The next day was the day for the Passover meal, so it was a very important day. The Jews did not want the men's bodies to stay on the crosses during that day of rest.^[a] So they asked Pilate to tell the soldiers to break the legs of those men.^[b] Then they could take the dead bodies down from the crosses.

³² So the soldiers went there. They broke the legs of the two men who were on the crosses next to Jesus. ³³ Then they went to Jesus. They saw that he was dead already. So they did not break his legs.