The Mosaic Law forbade leaving a criminal to hang all night on the execution stake. Hence, in Jesus ’ day, if an impaled criminal was still alive late in the day, it was customary to break his legs, thus speeding up the dying process.
पाय तोडल्यामुळे, व्यवस्थीतरीत्या श्‍वास घेता यावा म्हणून तो पायांचा आधार घेऊन स्वतःला सरळ उभा करू शकणार नाही.