John 19:31
King James Version
Translation: KJV
29Now there was set a vessel full of vinegar: and they filled a spunge with vinegar, and put it upon hyssop, and put it to his mouth.Select John 19:29
30When Jesus therefore had received the vinegar, he said, It is finished: and he bowed his head, and gave up the ghost.Select John 19:30
31The Jews therefore, because it was the preparation, that the bodies should not remain upon the cross on the sabbath day, (for that sabbath day was an high day,) besought Pilate that their legs might be broken, and that they might be taken away.Select John 19:31
32Then came the soldiers, and brake the legs of the first, and of the other which was crucified with him.Select John 19:32
33But when they came to Jesus, and saw that he was dead already, they brake not his legs:Select John 19:33
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WEB
19:31 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.
ASV
19:31 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.
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