John 19:32

32 venerunt ergo milites et primi quidem fregerunt crura et alterius qui crucifixus est cum eo

John 19:32 Meaning and Commentary

John 19:32

Then came the soldiers
Pilate having granted the Jews what they desired; either the soldiers that crucified Christ, and the others with him, and watched their bodies, being ordered by Pilate, went from the place where they sat; or a fresh company, which were sent for this purpose, came from the city:

and brake the legs of the first;
they came unto, which whether it was he that was crucified on his right hand, and was the penitent believer in him, as some have thought, is not certain:

and of the other which was crucified with him;
who, if the former is true, must be he that reviled him; and was this their position, it was a lively emblem of the last day, when the sheep shall stand at the right, and the goats on the left hand of Christ.

John 19:32 In-Context

30 cum ergo accepisset Iesus acetum dixit consummatum est et inclinato capite tradidit spiritum

31 Iudaei ergo quoniam parasceve erat ut non remanerent in cruce corpora sabbato erat enim magnus dies ille sabbati rogaverunt Pilatum ut frangerentur eorum crura et tollerentur

32 venerunt ergo milites et primi quidem fregerunt crura et alterius qui crucifixus est cum eo

33 ad Iesum autem cum venissent ut viderunt eum iam mortuum non fregerunt eius crura

34 sed unus militum lancea latus eius aperuit et continuo exivit sanguis et aqua