John 19:31

Catholic Public Domain Version

Then the Jews, because it was the preparation day, so that the bodies would not remain upon the cross on the Sabbath (for that Sabbath was a great day), they petitioned Pilate in order that their legs might be broken, and they might be taken away.

Cross References

Exodus 12:16

The first day shall be holy and solemn, and the seventh day shall be venerated with the same festivity. You shall do no work in these days, except that which pertains to the eating.

Proverbs 12:10

The just one knows the lives of his beasts. But the inner most parts of the impious are cruel.

Micah 3:3

They have devoured the flesh of my people, and have stripped their skin from over them, and they have shattered and chopped their bones, as if for the kettle, and like flesh in the middle of the pot.

Matthew 27:62

Then the next day, which is after the Preparation day, the leaders of the priests and the Pharisees went to Pilate together,

Mark 15:42

And when evening had now arrived (because it was the Preparation Day, which is before the Sabbath)

John 19:1

Therefore, Pilate then took Jesus into custody and scourged him.

John 19:14

Now it was the preparation day of the Passover, about the sixth hour. And he said to the Jews, "Behold your king."

John 19:42

Therefore, because of the preparation day of the Jews, since the tomb was nearby, they placed Jesus there.

Joshua 8:29

Also, he suspended the king on a gallows, until evening and the setting of the sun. And Joshua instructed, and they took down his dead body from the hanging tree. And they cast it at the very entrance of the city, gathering a great pile of stones upon it, which remains even to the present day.