That may have been the Centurion’s intention. Pilate ordered the crucified men to be killed and the bodies taken down, due to the oncoming Sabbath, but Jesus was already dead. The spearthrust would have been more along the lines of “making sure”. The thieves were killed by breaking their legs.
The same Toronto reporter followed up on X (Twitter) today:
“It turns out the main bus contractor delivered its end of the deal with a full fleet of buses and drivers. However, a subcontractor not only didn’t send 17 buses and drivers but turned into virtual ghosts when people started calling him to find out where they were?
The subcontractor was identified by the UJA as Prestige Worldwide Transportation Network LLC, owned by Mohammed Ashfaq.
But the Sun’s attempts to reach the company, or its reported owner were unsuccessful. People at a company with the same name say they do not know who this man is and are also not involved with leasing buses
The phone number for Ashfaq that sources say worked on the weekend was disconnected Monday.
As Sun photographer Ernest Doroszuk revealed, all that was there appeared to be a phantom company — an empty distribution area with no vehicles.”