John 19:26–35

²⁶When Jesus then saw His mother, and ^athe disciple whom He loved standing nearby, He said to His mother, “^bWoman, behold, your son!”

²⁷Then He said to the disciple, “Behold, your mother!” From that hour the disciple took her into ^ahis own household.

²⁸After this, Jesus, ^aknowing that all things had already been accomplished, ^bto fulfill the Scripture, said, “^cI am thirsty.”

²⁹A jar full of sour wine was standing there; so ^athey put a sponge full of the sour wine upon a branch of hyssop and brought it up to His mouth.

³⁰Therefore when Jesus had received the sour wine, He said, “^aIt is finished!” And He bowed His head and ^bgave up His spirit.

Care of the Body of Jesus

³¹Then the Jews, because it was ^athe day of preparation, so that ^bthe bodies would not remain on the cross on the Sabbath (¹for that Sabbath was a ^chigh day), asked Pilate that their legs might be broken, and that they might be taken away.

³²So the soldiers came, and broke the legs of the first man and of the other who was ^acrucified with Him;

³³but coming to Jesus, when they saw that He was already dead, they did not break His legs.

³⁴But one of the soldiers pierced His side with a spear, and immediately ^ablood and water came out.

³⁵And he who has seen has ^atestified, and his testimony is true; and he knows that he is telling the truth, so that you also may believe.