24. They said therefore to one another, Let us not rend it, but let us cast lots for it, whose it shall be; that the scripture might be fulfilled which says, They parted my garments among themselves, and on my vesture they cast lots. The soldiers therefore did these things.
25. And by the cross of Jesus stood his mother, and the sister of his mother, Mary the wife of Clopas, and Mary of Magdala.
26. Jesus therefore, seeing his mother, and the disciple standing by, whom he loved, says to his mother, Woman, behold thy son.
27. Then he says unto the disciple, Behold thy mother. And from that hour the disciple took her to his own home.
28. After this, Jesus, knowing that all things were now finished, that the scripture might be fulfilled, says, I thirst.
29. There was a vessel therefore there full of vinegar, and having filled a sponge with vinegar, and putting hyssop round it, they put it up to his mouth.
30. When therefore Jesus had received the vinegar, he said, It is finished; and having bowed his head, he delivered up his spirit.
31. The Jews therefore, that the bodies might not remain on the cross on the sabbath, for it was the preparation, (for the day of that sabbath was a great day,) demanded of Pilate that their legs might be broken and they taken away.
32. The soldiers therefore came and broke the legs of the first and of the other that had been crucified with him;
33. but coming to Jesus, when they saw that he was already dead they did not break his legs,