JOHN 19:32 — KING JAMES VERSION 0
“Then came the soldiers, and brake the legs of the first, and of the other which was crucified with him.”
Then the soldiers came and broke the legs of the first and of the other man who had been crucified with him — The soldiers' execution of the leg-breaking order proceeds without complication: they break the two criminals' legs. The clinical description—"the first and of the other man"—emphasizes the routine nature of execution protocol. Both criminals suffer this accelerated death, setting the stage for Jesus' unique non-breaking.
Church Fathers on John 19:32
The Jews who strained at a gnat and swallowed a camel after their audacious wickedness, reason scrupulously about the day: The Jews therefore because it was the preparation, that the bodies should not remain upon the cross on the Sabbath.
the sixth day was so called because the children of Israel prepared twice the number of loaves on that day. For that Sabbath day was an high day, i. e. on account of the feast of the passover.
Not in order to take away the legs, but to cause death, that they might be taken down from the cross, and the feast day not be defiled by the sight of such horrid torments.
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