28After this, Jesus, knowing that all things had already been completed so that the writing might be fulfilled, said, "I thirst."29A vessel full of vinegar was lying there; therefore they filled a sponge with the vinegar, put it on a hyssop stalk, and brought it to his mouth.30When Jesus had received the vinegar, he said, "It is finished," and bowing his head he gave up his spirit.31Because it was the Preparation, and in order that the bodies should not remain on the cross during the Sabbath (for that Sabbath was a great day), the Jews asked Pilate that their legs might be broken and they might be taken away.32So the soldiers came and broke the legs of the first and of the other who had been crucified with him.33But when they came to Jesus and saw that he was already dead, they did not break his legs.34Instead, one of the soldiers pierced his side with a spear, and immediately blood and water came out.35The one who saw has testified, and his testimony is true, and he knows that he speaks the truth so that you also may believe.36These things happened in order that the writing might be fulfilled: "A bone of his shall not be broken."37And again another writing says, "They will look on the one whom they have pierced."