John 19:33
31 It 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.
32 So the soldiers came and broke the legs of the first man who had been crucified with Jesus, and those of the other.
But when they came to Jesus and saw that He was already dead, they did not break His legs.
34 Instead, one of the soldiers pierced His side with a spear, and immediately blood and water flowed out.
35 The one who saw it has testified to this, and his testimony is true. He knows that he is telling the truth, so that you also may believe.
Here the Bible tells a story about someone else. Ask yourself what it can say to us today. Do read the surrounding verses too, because the context often says more than a single verse.
Compare
- BSB
- But when they came to Jesus and saw that He was already dead, they did not break His legs.
- KJV
- But when they came to Jesus, and saw that he was dead already, they brake not his legs:
- WEB
- but when they came to Jesus and saw that he was already dead, they didn’t break his legs.
- ASV
- but when they came to Jesus, and saw that he was dead already, they brake not his legs:
- DARBY
- but coming to Jesus, when they saw that he was already dead they did not break his legs,
- BLB
- But having come to Jesus, when they saw Him already having been dead, they did not break His legs.
- ÅB
- men da de kom til Jesus og så at han allerede var død, brøt de ikke hans ben,
- OTB
- Men da de kom til Jesus, og så at Han allerede var død, brøt de ikke Hans ben.
- B1930
- men da de kom til Jesus og så at han allerede var død, brøt de ikke hans ben,