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They saidthereforeamongthemselves, Let usnotrendit,but cast lotsforit,whose it shall be: that the scripture might be fulfilled, whichsaith, They partedmyraiment among them,andformyvesture they did castlots. These things*therefore the soldiersdid.
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Now there stoodby the cross of Jesushismother,andhismother'ssister,Mary the wife of Cleophas,[a]andMaryMagdalene.
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When Jesusthereforesaw his mother,and the disciple standing by, whom he loved, he saith unto hismother,Woman,beholdthyson!
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Then saith he to the disciple,Beholdthymother!Andfromthathour that discipletookherunto his own home.
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Afterthis,Jesusknowingthat all thingswerenowaccomplished, that the scripture might be fulfilled, saith, I thirst.
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Now there was set a vesselfull of vinegar:and they filled a spunge with vinegar,and put it uponhyssop, and put it to hismouth.
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WhenJesustherefore had received the vinegar, he said, It is finished: and he bowed his head, and gave up the ghost.
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The Jewstherefore,because it was the preparation,that the bodiesshouldnotremainupon the crosson the sabbath day,* (for that sabbath daywas an high day,) besoughtPilatethattheirlegs might be broken, and that they might be taken away.
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Thencame the soldiers,andbrake the legs of thefirst,and of the otherwhich was crucified withhim.
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Butwhen they cametoJesus, and saw that he was deadalready, they brakenothislegs:
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Butone of the soldiers with a spearpiercedhisside,andforthwith came there outbloodandwater.