Then the next day, which is after the Preparation day, the leaders of the priests and the Pharisees went to Pilate together,
Then, on the first day of Unleavened Bread, the disciples approached Jesus, saying, "Where do you want us to prepare for you to eat the Passover?"
And when evening had now arrived (because it was the Preparation Day, which is before the Sabbath)
Now it was the preparation day of the Passover, about the sixth hour. And he said to the Jews, "Behold your king."
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.
Therefore, because of the preparation day of the Jews, since the tomb was nearby, they placed Jesus there.