John 19:32 - Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

Then came the soldiers, and brake the legs of the first, and of the other which was crucified with him.

Then came the soldiers, and brake the legs of the first, and of the other which was crucified with him.

Crucifixion being a very lingering death, the life of the criminals was still in them, and was thus barbarously extinguished.