Already dead (ηδη τεθνηκοτα). Perfect active participle of θνησκω. So then Jesus died before the robbers, died of a broken heart.<…

Saw that he was dead. Saw by the indications of death on his person, and perhaps by the testimony of the centurion ([Reference Matthew 27:…

And saw that he was dead already, … The only explanation of their not breaking the legs of Jesus seems to be that the pur…

Then came the soldier, and brake the legs of the first, and of the other which was crucified with him. But when they came to Jesus, and saw tha…

St. John Chrysostom: The Jews, who strained at a gnat and swallowed a camel, after their audacious wickedness, reasoned scrupu…

The execution squad was well acquainted with the signs of death. Consequently, not fracturing Jesus’ legs shows that they considered him to be alre…

But when they came to Jesus, and saw that he was already dead. That they break the legs of the two robbers, and after having done so, find…

But when they came to Jesus
Whom they pa ed by before, and now returned to; this they did not out of tenderne to him…

A test was made to see if Jesus was dead. He died in le time than people crucified commonly did. This showed that He had laid down His life of His …

1. After dealing with the crucifixion and the events that accompanied it, the Evangelist now describes the venerable death of Christ.