It was preparation day and the Sabbath would soon begin.
The next day, after the Preparation day, the chief priests and the Pharisees went together to see Pilate.
It was Friday, the day before the Sabbath. When evening came,
Once he'd taken it down, he wrapped it in a linen cloth. He laid Jesus in an unused tomb cut into the rock.
It was around noon on the preparation day before the Passover. “Look, here is your king,” he said to the Jews.
It was preparation day, and the Jewish leaders didn't want to leave the bodies on the crosses during the Sabbath day (in fact this was a special Sabbath), so they asked Pilate to break the legs, so that the bodies could be removed.
Since it was the Jewish day of preparation and the tomb was nearby, they laid Jesus to rest there.
