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30 When Jesus therefore had received the vinegar, he said, It is finished, and he bowed his head and gave up the Spirit.

31 ¶ The Jews therefore, because it was the preparation, that the bodies should not remain upon the cross {Gr. stauros – stake} 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 the soldiers came and broke the legs of the first and of the other who were crucified with him.

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