John 19:31-36

³¹It was the Preparation day, and so, to prevent the bodies from remaining on the crosses during the Sabbath (for that Sabbath was a great day), the Jews asked Pilate to have the legs broken and the bodies removed.

³²Accordingly the soldiers came and broke the legs of the first man, and then those of the other who had been crucified with Jesus;

³³but, on coming to him, when they saw that he was already dead, they did not break his legs.

³⁴One of the soldiers, however, pierced his side with a spear, and blood and water immediately flowed from it.

³⁵This is the statement of one who actually saw it — and his statement may be relied on, and he knows that he is speaking the truth — and it is given in order that you also may be convinced.

³⁶For all this happened in fulfillment of the words of scripture — ‘Not one of its bones will be broken.’