The Jews therefore, that the bodies might not remain on the cross on the sabbath, for it was the preparation, (for the day of that sabbath was a great day,) demanded of Pilate that their legs might be broken and they taken away.

The soldiers therefore came and broke the legs of the first and of the other that had been crucified with him;

but coming to Jesus, when they saw that he was already dead they did not break his legs,