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This piercing of Jesus’ side, him being in the state of hemolytic anemia, would produce the flow of water and blood.” So, according to Mirsh, the spear thrust was not lethal.

Pierced by a spear on the cross In the Bible, the book of John chapter 19 verse 34 (John 19:34), it references a Roman soldier having stabbed Jesus - who many scholars believe would have likely ...

The Bible recounts how a Roman soldier pierced Jesus' side with a spear during the crucifixion to confirm his death, but it never names him.

The belief that Jesus died on the cross but rose three days later and ascended into heaven is the central tenet of Christianity.

There are also dramatizations of the story of Longinus, the Roman centurion who pierced Jesus’ side with a spear as he hung on the cross. In many parts of the country, village folks walk ...

And John says Jesus was stabbed in the side with a spear after he died, “bringing a sudden flow of blood and water” (19:34), which is the one explicit mention of blood in the texts.