⁴⁴ Pilate marveled if he were already dead; and summoning the centurion, he asked him whether he had been dead long.

³¹ Therefore the Jews, because it was the Preparation Day, so that the bodies wouldn't remain on the cross on the Sabbath (for that Sabbath was a special one), asked of Pilate that their legs might be broken, and that they might be taken away.

³² Therefore the soldiers came, and broke the legs of the first, and of the other who was crucified with him;

³³ but when they came to Jesus, and saw that he was already dead, they didn't break his legs.

³⁴ However one of the soldiers pierced his side with a spear, and immediately blood and water came out.

³⁵ He who has seen has testified, and his testimony is true. He knows that he tells the truth, that you may believe.

³⁶ For these things happened, that the Scripture might be fulfilled, "A bone of him will not be broken."

³⁷ Again another Scripture says, "They will look on him whom they pierced."