When the Roman soldier pierced Jesus' side with the spear, had Christ already died?

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It was in the movie, "The Passion of the Christ". But it is also recorded in the bible. I am not looking for sarcasm, just looking for sources for a paper I am writing for school.
 
Yes , traditionally soldiers would break the legs of someone who was crucified as a way to kill them. They saw Jesus was already dead so they only piece his side..
 
If we're to take the Jesus myth as true, I'd assume it was a mercy kill.

I mean, sure being stabbed with a spear may suck royally, but compared with pain, suffocation, and a flayed, bleeding back "resting" on a hard wooden cross, the spear sounds VERY appealing.
 
I have read that breaking the legs of the crucified and poking them with a spear was done to hasten their deaths.
 
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