John 19:31

Holy Bible: Easy-to-Read Version

This day was Preparation day. The next day was a special Sabbath day. 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. And they asked that the bodies be taken down from the crosses.

Cross References

John 19:14

It was now almost noon on Preparation day of Passover 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.

Mark 15:42

This day was called Preparation day. (That means the day before the Sabbath day.) It was becoming dark.

Joshua 8:29

Joshua hanged the king of Ai on a tree and left him hanging there 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.

John 19:1

Then Pilate ordered that Jesus be taken away and whipped.

Micah 3:3

You are destroying my people. You take their skin off them and break their bones. You chop their bones up like meat to put in the pot!

Proverbs 12:10

Good people take good care of their animals, but the wicked know only how to be cruel.

Exodus 12:16

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

Matthew 27:62

That day was the day called Preparation day. The next day, the leading priests and the Pharisees went to Pilate.