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Jesus knew that by now
everything had been completed...
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and in order to make
the Scripture come true, he said:
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I am thirsty.
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A bowl was there, full of cheap wine...
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so a sponge was soaked in the wine,
put on a stalk of hyssop...
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and lifted up to his lips.
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Jesus drank the wine.
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It is finished.
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Then he bowed his head
and gave up his spirit.
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Then the Jewish authorities asked Pilate...
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to allow them to break the legs
of the men who had been crucified...
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and to take the bodies down
from the crosses.
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They requested this because it was Friday...
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and they did not want the bodies
to stay on the crosses on the Sabbath...
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since the coming Sabbath
was especially holy.
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So the soldiers went and broke the legs
of the first man...
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and then of the other man
who had been crucified with Jesus.
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But when they came to Jesus,
they saw that he was already dead...
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so they did not break his legs.
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One of the soldiers, however,
plunged his spear into Jesus' side...