John 19:31-32 Devotionals, Articles & Bible Study

³¹It was the day of Preparation, and the next day was a High Sabbath. In order that the bodies would not remain on the cross during the Sabbath, the Jews asked Pilate to have the legs broken and the bodies removed.

³²So the soldiers came and broke the legs of the first man who had been crucified with Jesus, and those of the other.

— John 19:31-32

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