John 19:31-33

New Catholic Bible

³¹ The Blood and the Water. It was the day of Preparation, and the Jews did not want to have the bodies remain on the cross on the Sabbath, especially since that Sabbath day was a great solemnity. Therefore, they requested Pilate to order that their legs be broken and the bodies taken down.

³² So the soldiers came and broke the legs of the first man and then of the other who had been crucified with him. ³³ However, when they came to Jesus and saw that he was already dead, they did not break his legs,