Joh 19:31 | TSK | e4.org | because , ; ; that the that sabbath 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 19:31

because John 19:14, John 19:42; Matt 27:62; Mark 15:42

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