30 Then when he had received the sour wine, Jesus said, “It is completed,”[a] and bowing his[b] head, he gave up his[c] spirit.

31 Then the Jews, because it was the day of preparation, so that the bodies would not remain on the cross on the Sabbath (for that Sabbath was an important day), asked Pilate that their legs could be broken and they could be taken away. 32 So the soldiers came and broke the legs of the first and of the other who had been crucified with him.

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Footnotes

  1. John 19:30 Or (traditionally) “it is finished”
  2. John 19:30 Literally “the”; the Greek article is used here as a possessive pronoun
  3. John 19:30 Literally “the”; the Greek article is used here as a possessive pronoun

30 When he had received the drink, Jesus said, “It is finished.”(A) With that, he bowed his head and gave up his spirit.

31 Now it was the day of Preparation,(B) and the next day was to be a special Sabbath. Because the Jewish leaders did not want the bodies left on the crosses(C) during the Sabbath, they asked Pilate to have the legs broken and the bodies taken down. 32 The soldiers therefore came and broke the legs of the first man who had been crucified with Jesus, and then those of the other.(D)

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