The Death of Jesus
After this, Jesus, seeing that all things were now finished, that the
Scripture might be fulfilled, said, "I am
thirsty." Now a vessel full of vinegar was
set there; so they put a sponge full of the vinegar on hyssop, and held it
at his mouth. When Jesus
therefore had received the vinegar, he said, "It is
finished." He bowed his head, and gave up his spirit.
Therefore the Jews,
because it was the Preparation Day, so that the bodies wouldn't remain on
the cross on the Sabbath (for that Sabbath was a special one), asked of
Pilate that their legs might be broken, and that they might be taken away.
Therefore the soldiers
came, and broke the legs of the first, and of the other who was crucified
with him; but when they
came to Jesus, and saw that he was already dead, they didn't break his
legs. However one of the
soldiers pierced his side with a spear, and immediately blood and water
came out. He who has
seen has testified, and his testimony is true. He knows that he tells the
truth, that you may believe. For these things happened, that
the Scripture might be fulfilled, "A bone of him will not be
broken." Again another Scripture says,
"They will look on him whom they pierced."
John 19:28-37
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