John 19:31-33

31The 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.

32The soldiers therefore came and broke the legs of the first and of the other that had been crucified with him;

33but coming to Jesus, when they saw that he was already dead they did not break his legs,