The gospel of John 19:31-34 says: "Now it was the day of Preparation, and the next day was to be a special Sabbath. Because the Jewish leaders did not want the

The gospel of John 19:31-34 says: "Now it was the day of Preparation, and the next day was to be a special Sabbath. Because the Jewish leaders did not want the bodies left on the crosses during the Sabbath, they asked Pilate to have the legs broken and the bodies taken down. The soldiers therefore came and broke the legs of the first man who had been crucified with Jesus, and then those of the other. But when they came to Jesus and found that he was already dead, they did not break his legs. Instead, one of the soldiers pierced Jesus’ side with a spear, bringing a sudden flow of blood and water." Breaking the person leg, the the person cruxcified will die asphyxiated (without the legs to sustain, the body will be sustained by the arms, turning hard/impossible breathe). But the soldier saw Jesus dead, and dont break the legs, (its harder break bones), just piercing with the spear is easier and it will die via bleeding anyway. So, here we got a testimony from a Roman Soldier (in theory a neutral watcher) about the dead of Jesus.