John 19:42

Christian Standard Bible Anglicised

They placed Jesus there because of the Jewish day of preparation and since the tomb was nearby.

Cross References

John 19:31

Since it was the preparation day,  the Jews did not want the bodies  to remain on the cross  on the Sabbath  (for that Sabbath was a special  day). They requested that Pilate have the men’s legs broken and that their bodies be taken away.

John 19:14

It was the preparation day for the Passover, and it was about noon.  Then he told the Jews, ‘Here is your king! ’

John 19:41

There was a garden in the place where he was crucified. A new tomb was in the garden; no one had yet been placed in it.

Isaiah 53:9

He was assigned a grave with the wicked, but he was with a rich man at his death, because he had done no violence and had not spoken deceitfully.

Colossians 2:12

when you were buried with him  in baptism, in which you were also raised with him  through faith in the working of God, who raised him from the dead.

1 Corinthians 15:4

that he was buried,  that he was raised on the third day  according to the Scriptures,

Acts 13:29

When they had carried out all that had been written about him, they took him down from the tree and put him in a tomb.

John 19:20

Many of the Jews read this sign, because the place where Jesus was crucified was near the city,  and it was written in Aramaic, Latin, and Greek.

Matthew 12:40

For as Jonah was in the belly of the huge fish   , for three days and three nights,   so the Son of Man will be in the heart of the earth for three days and three nights.