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30 When Jesus had taken the wine, he said, “It is finished.”[a] Then he bowed his head and gave up his spirit.

31 The Blood and the Water. It was the day of Preparation, and the Jews did not want to have the bodies remain on the cross on the Sabbath, especially since that Sabbath day was a great solemnity. Therefore, they requested Pilate to order that their legs be broken and the bodies taken down.

32 So the soldiers came and broke the legs of the first man and then of the other who had been crucified with him.

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Footnotes

  1. John 19:30 It is finished: this may correspond to the loud cry mentioned in Mt 27:50 and Mk 15:37. Jesus died as a victor, completing what he came to accomplish. Gave up his spirit: a description of death that is out of the ordinary—it may suggest an act of will.