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31 The Jews therefore, because it was the Preparation, that the bodies should not remain on the cross upon the sabbath (for the day of that sabbath was a high day), asked of Pilate that their legs might be broken, and that they might be taken away. 32 The soldiers therefore came, and brake the legs of the first, and of the other that was crucified with him: 33 but when they came to Jesus, and saw that he was dead already, they brake not his legs: 34 howbeit one of the soldiers with a spear pierced his side, and straightway there came out blood and water. 35 And he that hath seen hath borne witness, and his witness is true: and he knoweth that he saith true, that ye also may believe. 36 For these things came to pass, [a]that the scripture might be fulfilled, A bone of him shall not be [b]broken. 37 And again another scripture saith, [c]They shall look on him whom they pierced.

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31 Then oun, since epei it was eimi the day paraskeuē of Preparation , so hina that the ho bodies sōma would not remain menō on epi the ho cross stauros on en the ho Sabbath sabbaton ( for gar that ekeinos Sabbath sabbaton was eimi a high megas · ho day hēmera), · ho the ho Jews Ioudaios asked erōtaō · ho Pilate Pilatos to hina have the ho legs skelos of autos the crucified men autos broken katagnymi and kai their bodies taken airō down . 32 So oun the ho soldiers stratiōtēs came erchomai and kai broke katagnymi the ho legs skelos of the ho first prōtos man , then kai those of the ho other allos one who ho had been crucified systauroō with him autos. 33 But de when they came erchomai to epi · ho Jesus Iēsous and saw that he autos was already ēdē dead thnēskō, they did not ou break katagnymi his autos · ho legs skelos. 34 Instead alla, one heis of the ho soldiers stratiōtēs pierced nyssō his autos · ho side pleura with lonchē a spear lonchē, and kai immediately blood haima and kai water hydōr came exerchomai out . 35 · kai ( The ho man who saw horaō this has borne martyreō witness to it so that hina you hymeis too kai may believe pisteuō. · kai His autos witness martyria is eimi true alēthinos, · ho and kai he ekeinos knows oida that hoti he is telling legō the truth alēthēs.) 36 These things houtos took ginomai place so hina that the ho Scripture graphē would be fulfilled plēroō, “ Not ou a bone osteon of his autos body will be broken syntribō.” 37 And kai yet palin another heteros Scripture graphē says legō, “ They will look horaō on eis him whom hos they pierced ekkenteō.”

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