John 19:26–35

²⁶When Jesus saw his mother and the disciple he loved^l standing there, he said to his mother, “Woman, here is your son.” ²⁷Then he said to the disciple, “Here is your mother.” And from that hour the disciple took her into his home.

THE FINISHED WORK OF JESUS

²⁸After^m this, when Jesus knew that everything was now finishedⁿ that the Scripture might be fulfilled, he said, “I’m thirsty.”^{o 29}A jar full of sour wine was sitting there; so they fixed a sponge full of sour wine on a hyssop branch^p and held it up to his mouth.

³⁰When Jesus had received the sour wine, he said, “It is finished.”^q Then bowing his head, he gave up his spirit.^r

JESUS’S SIDE PIERCED

³¹Since it was the preparation day,^s the Jews did not want the bodies^t to remain on the cross^u on the Sabbath^v (for that Sabbath was a special^A day). They requested that Pilate have the men’s legs broken and that their bodies be taken away.^{w 32}So the soldiers came and broke the legs of the first man and of the other one who had been crucified with him. ³³When they came to Jesus, they did not break his legs since they saw that he was already dead.^{x 34}But one of the soldiers pierced^y his side^z with a spear, and at once blood and water^aa came out. ³⁵He who saw this has testified^ab so that you also may believe. His testimony is true, and he knows he is telling the truth.^ac