John 19:33

and having come to Jesus, when they saw him already having been dead, they did not break his legs;

Young's Literal Translation

In The King James Version

But when they came to Jesus, and saw that he was dead already, they brake not his legs:

In Context

32The soldiers, therefore, came, and of the first indeed they did break the legs, and of the other who was crucified with him,

34but one of the soldiers with a spear did pierce his side, and immediately there came forth blood and water;

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Cross References

Exodus 12:46in one house it is eaten, thou dost not carry out of the house [any] of the flesh without, and a bone ye do not break of it;

Luke 8:53and they were deriding him, knowing that she did die;

Matthew Henry on John 19:32-38

The Crucifixion. 31 The Jews therefore, because it was the preparation, that the bodies should not remain upon the cross on the sabbath day, (for that sabbath day was a high day,) besought Pilate that their legs might be broken, and that they might be taken away. 32 Then came the soldiers, and brake the legs of the first, and of the other which was crucified with him. 33 But when they came to Jesus, and saw that he was dead already, they brake not his legs: 34 But one of the soldiers with a spear pierced his side,… Read the whole commentary →

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