Skelos denotes the bodily limbs that soldiers proposed to break or did not break in the crucifixion scene.

The attested use denotes bodily limbs in the sequence where their breaking is requested, carried out on two crucified men, and not carried out on Jesus.

1. Bodily limbs in a breaking sequence · dominant

   The accusative plural form occurs in the request that the bodies be removed after their limbs are broken in John 19:31. In John 19:32 the APB renders that soldiers “broke the legs” of two crucified men, while in John 19:33 it says they did not break Jesus' legs after finding him already dead.

   John 19:31John 19:32John 19:33

In the Anselm Project Bible: Across John 19:31, John 19:32, and John 19:33, the APB presents the form with “legs” in clauses about breaking them. The verse is read as a whole, but the repeated clause context consistently identifies the bodily limbs in view.