Jesus really died on the Cross; his body was buried. All the sources testify to this. [627]
In John 19:33ff., the soldiers even make an explicit determination of death: They open the side of Jesus’ dead body with a lance and see blood and water come out. Furthermore, it says that the legs of the men crucified with him were broken – a step that hastened the dying process; this was not required in Jesus’ case since his death had already occurred.
