John 19:31
because John 19:14, John 19:42; Matt 27:62; Mark 15:42 that the Deut 21:22-23 that sabbath Lev 23:7-16 their Lactantius says that it was a custom to break the legs of criminals upon the cross; which was done, we are told, at the instep with an iron mallet; and appears to have been a kind of coup de grace, the sooner to put them out of pain. John 19:1; Prov 12:10; Mic 3:3
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