The time arrived to take the bodies down from the crosses because of the Jew’s Passover, and the soldiers began the brutal task of hastening the deaths of the men crucified,

Then the soldiers came and broke the legs of the first and of the other who was crucified with Him. But when they came to Jesus and saw that He was already dead, they did not break His legs. But one of the soldiers pierced His side with a spear, and immediately blood and water came out. And he who has seen has testified, and his testimony is true; and he knows that he is telling the truth, so that you may believe. For these things were done that the Scripture should be fulfilled, “Not one of His bones shall be broken” (John 19:32–36).

The God of heaven showed in prophecy hundreds of years before it happened, that He knew what would happen when men would crucify His Son, and that He was also in control, right down to the timing of the death of Jesus of Nazareth.