John 19:31

Easy To Read Version

This day was Preparation day. {\cf2\super [252]} The next day was a special Sabbath day. {\cf2\super [253]} The Jewish leaders did not want the bodies to stay on the cross on the Sabbath day. So they asked Pilate to order that the legs of the men be broken \{to make them die sooner\}. And they asked that the bodies of the men be taken down from the crosses.

Cross References

Exodus 12:16

There will be holy assemblies on the first day and the last day of the holiday. You must not do any work on these days. The only work you can do on these days is prepare the food for your meals.

Proverbs 12:10

A good man cares for his animals. But evil people can’t be kind.

Micah 3:3

You are destroying my people! {\cf2\super [37]} \par You take their skin off them,\par and break their bones.\par You chop their bones up like \{meat\}\par to put in the pot!\par

Matthew 27:62

That day was the day called Preparation day. {\cf2\super [437]} The next day, the leading priests and the Pharisees {\cf2\super [438]} went to Pilate.

Mark 15:42

This day was called Preparation day. (That means the day before the Sabbath day. {\cf2\super [233]})It was becoming dark.

John 19:1

Then Pilate ordered that Jesus be taken away and be whipped.

John 19:14

It was now almost noon on Preparation day {\cf2\super [242]} of Passover {\cf2\super [243]} week. Pilate said to the Jews, “Here is your king!”

John 19:42

The men put Jesus in that tomb because it was near, and the Jews were preparing to start their Sabbath day. {\cf2\super [260]}

Joshua 8:29

Joshua hanged the king of Ai on a tree. He left him hanging on the tree until evening. At sunset, Joshua told his men to take the king’s body down from the tree. They threw his body down at the city gate. Then they covered the body with many rocks. That pile of rocks is still there today.