Jesus’s Side Pierced
31 Since it was the preparation day, 19:31 Jn 19:14 the Jews did not want the bodies 19:31 Lk 12:4 to remain on the cross 19:31 Lk 23:26 on the Sabbath 19:31 Mk 2:23 (for that Sabbath was a special 19:31 Lit great day). They requested that Pilate have the men’s legs broken and that their bodies be taken away. 19:31 Dt 21:22–23; Jos 8:29; 10:26–2732 So the soldiers came and broke the legs of the first man and of the other one who had been crucified with him. 33 When they came to Jesus, they did not break his legs since they saw that he was already dead. 19:33 Ex 12:46; Nm 9:12; Ps 34:20