John 19:31

19:31

because <1893> [because.]

so that ... bodies ............ that <3363 1565 2443 4983> [that the.]

so that ............ Sabbath ... that Sabbath <3363 1565 2443 4521> [that sabbath.]

victims <846> [their.]

Lactantius says that it was a custom to break the legs of criminals upon the cross; which was done, we are told, at the instep with an iron mallet; and appears to have been a kind of coup de grace, the sooner to put them out of pain.