^{31 Ref} The Jews therefore, because it was the Preparation, that the bodies should not remain on the cross upon the sabbath (for the day of that sabbath was a high `day'), asked of Pilate that their legs might be broken, and `that' they might be taken away.

^{32 Ref} The soldiers therefore came, and brake the legs of the first, and of the other that was crucified with him: