John 19:29-31

Living Bible

²⁹ A jar of sour wine was sitting there, so a sponge was soaked in it and put on a hyssop branch and held up to his lips.

³⁰ When Jesus had tasted^[a] it, he said, “It is finished,” and bowed his head and dismissed his spirit.

³¹ The Jewish leaders didn’t want the victims hanging there the next day, which was the Sabbath (and a very special Sabbath at that, for it was the Passover), so they asked Pilate to order the legs of the men broken to hasten death; then their bodies could be taken down.