Did blood and water literally come out of Christ's pierced side (John 19:34)?

Instead, one of the soldiers pierced his side with a spear, and at once blood and water came out.

–Gospel of John 19:34

John 19:31 - 37

ESV - ³¹ Since it was the day of Preparation, and so that the bodies would not remain on the cross on the Sabbath (for that Sabbath was a high day), the Jews asked Pilate that their legs might be broken and that they might be taken away. ³² So the soldiers came and broke the legs of the first, and of the other who had been crucified with him.

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