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29 A jar skeuos full mestos of sour wine oxos was there keimai, so oun they attached peritithēmi a sponge spongos soaked mestos in the ho sour oxos wine to a stalk of hyssop hyssōpos and held prospherō it to ho his autos mouth stoma. 30 When hote he had taken lambanō the ho sour oxos wine , · ho Jesus Iēsous said legō, “ It is accomplished teleō!” And kai he bowed klinō his ho head kephalē and handed paradidōmi over his ho spirit pneuma.

31 Then oun, since epei it was eimi the day paraskeuē of Preparation , so hina that the ho bodies sōma would not remain menō on epi the ho cross stauros on en the ho Sabbath sabbaton ( for gar that ekeinos Sabbath sabbaton was eimi a high megas · ho day hēmera), · ho the ho Jews Ioudaios asked erōtaō · ho Pilate Pilatos to hina have the ho legs skelos of autos the crucified men autos broken katagnymi and kai their bodies taken airō down .

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29 A jar of wine vinegar(A) was there, so they soaked a sponge in it, put the sponge on a stalk of the hyssop plant, and lifted it to Jesus’ lips. 30 When he had received the drink, Jesus said, “It is finished.”(B) With that, he bowed his head and gave up his spirit.

31 Now it was the day of Preparation,(C) and the next day was to be a special Sabbath. Because the Jewish leaders did not want the bodies left on the crosses(D) during the Sabbath, they asked Pilate to have the legs broken and the bodies taken down.

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