32Then came the soldiers, and brake the legs of the first, and of the other which was crucified with him.
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Where they crucified him, and two other with him, on either side one, and Jesus in the midst.
And one of the malefactors which were hanged railed on him, saying, If thou be Christ, save thyself and us. …
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Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary on the Bible (1710)
(vv. 31-37)This passage concerning the piercing of Christ’s side after his death is recorded only by this evangelist. I. Observe the superstition of the Jews, which occasioned it (John 19:31): Because it was the preparation for the sabbath, and that sabbath day , because it fell in the passover-week, was a high day , that they might show a veneration for the sabbath, they would not have the dead bodies to re…
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