John 19:42

Holy Bible: Easy-to-Read Version

The men put Jesus in that tomb because it was near, and the Jews were preparing to start their Sabbath day.

Cross References

John 19:31

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.

John 19:14

It was now almost noon on Preparation day of Passover week. Pilate said to the Jews, “Here is your king!”

John 19:41

In the place where Jesus was killed on the cross, there was a garden. In the garden there was a new tomb. No one had ever been buried there before.

Isaiah 53:9

He had done no wrong to anyone. He had never even told a lie. But he was buried among the wicked. His tomb was with the rich.

Colossians 2:12

When you were baptized, you were buried with Christ, and you were raised up with him because of your faith in God’s power. God’s power was shown when he raised Christ from death.

1 Corinthians 15:4

that he was buried and was raised to life on the third day, as the Scriptures say;

Acts 13:29

“These Jews did all the bad things that the Scriptures said would happen to Jesus. Then they took Jesus down from the cross and put him in a tomb.

John 19:20

The sign was written in Aramaic, in Latin, and in Greek. Many of the Jews read this sign, because the place where Jesus was nailed to the cross was near the city.

Matthew 12:40

Jonah was in the stomach of the big fish for three days and three nights. In the same way, the Son of Man will be in the grave three days and three nights.

Psalm 22:15

My mouth is as dry as a piece of baked pottery. My tongue is sticking to the roof of my mouth. You have left me dying in the dust.