Now on the first day of unleavened bread the disciples came to Jesus, saying, Where wilt thou that we make ready for thee to eat the passover?
Matthew 27:62 - Revised Version with Apocrypha 1895 Now on the morrow, which is the day after the Preparation, the chief priests and the Pharisees were gathered together unto Pilate, More versionsKing James Version (Oxford) 1769 Now the next day, that followed the day of the preparation, the chief priests and Pharisees came together unto Pilate, Amplified Bible - Classic Edition The next day, that is, the day after the day of Preparation [for the Sabbath], the chief priests and the Pharisees assembled before Pilate American Standard Version (1901) Now on the morrow, which is the day after the Preparation, the chief priests and the Pharisees were gathered together unto Pilate, Common English Bible The next day, which was the day after Preparation Day, the chief priests and the Pharisees gathered before Pilate. Catholic Public Domain Version Then the next day, which is after the Preparation day, the leaders of the priests and the Pharisees went to Pilate together, Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version And the next day, which followed the day of preparation, the chief priests and the Pharisees came together to Pilate, |
Now on the first day of unleavened bread the disciples came to Jesus, saying, Where wilt thou that we make ready for thee to eat the passover?
And when even was now come, because it was the Preparation, that is, the day before the sabbath,
Now it was the Preparation of the passover: it was about the sixth hour. And he saith unto the Jews, Behold, your King!
The Jews therefore, because it was the Preparation, that the bodies should not remain on the cross upon the sabbath (for the day of that sabbath was a high day), asked of Pilate that their legs might be broken, and that they might be taken away.
There then because of the Jews' Preparation (for the tomb was nigh at hand) they laid Jesus.