But when they came to Jesus and saw that he was already dead, they did not break his legs.

<p class="otpoetry"><b><i>He will not break a bruised reed or extinguish a smoldering wick,i>b>p> <p class="otpoetry"><i><b>until he brings justice to victoryb>.i>p>

So the soldiers came and broke the legs of the two men who had been crucified<n id="1" /> with Jesus,<n id="2" /> first the one and then the other.<n id="3" />

<p class="bodytext">Then, because it was the day of preparation, so that the bodies should not stay on the crosses on the Sabbath<n id="1" /> (for that Sabbath was an especially important one),<n id="2" /> the Jewish leaders<n id="3" /> asked Pilate to have the victims&#8217; legs<n id="4" /> broken<n id="5" /> and the bodies taken down.<n id="6" />