Joh 19:31-34 | ESV | STEP | Since it was the day of Preparation , and so that the bodies would not remain on the cross on the Sabbath ( for that Sabbath was a high day ), the Jews asked Pilate that their legs might be broken and that they might be taken away .

John 19:31-34

Jesus’ Side Is Pierced

31 Since it was ^athe day of Preparation, and ^bso that the bodies would not remain on the cross on the Sabbath (for that Sabbath was ^ca high day), the Jews asked Pilate that their legs might be broken and that they might be taken away. 32 So the soldiers came and broke the legs of the first, and of the other ^dwho had been crucified with him. 33 But when they came to Jesus and saw that he was already dead, they did not break his legs. 34 But one of the soldiers pierced his side with a spear, and at once there came out ^eblood and water.