John 19:31

Contemporary English Version (Anglicised) 2012

The next day would be both a Sabbath and the Passover. It was a special day for the Jewish people, and they did not want the bodies to stay on the crosses during that day. So they asked Pilate to break the men's legs and take their bodies down.

Cross References

Exodus 12:16

Meet together for worship on the first and seventh days of the festival. The only work you are allowed to do on either of these two days is that of preparing the bread.

Proverbs 12:10

Good people are kind to their animals, but a mean person is cruel.

Micah 3:3

break their bones, cook it all in a pot, and gulp it down.

Matthew 27:62

On the next day, which was a Sabbath, the chief priests and the Pharisees went together to Pilate.

Mark 15:42

It was now the evening before the Sabbath, and the Jewish people were getting ready for that sacred day.

John 19:1

Pilate gave orders for Jesus to be beaten with a whip.

John 19:14

It was about midday on the day before Passover, and Pilate said to the crowd, “Look at your king!”

John 19:42

The tomb was nearby, and since it was the time to prepare for the Sabbath, they were in a hurry to put Jesus' body there.