John 19:31

Julia E. Smith Translation 1876

Then the Jews, that the bodies remain not upon the cross in the sabbath, since it was the preparation, (for great was the day of that sabbath,) asked Pilate that their legs be broken, and they be taken away.

Cross References

Exodus 12:16

And in the first day a calling of holiness, and in the seventh day a calling of holiness shall be to you; every service shall not be done in them only what shall be eaten by every soul; this only shall be done by you.

Proverbs 12:10

The just one shall know the soul of his cattle: and the compassion of the unjust are cruel.

Micah 3:3

And who ate the flesh of my people, and they stripp off their skin from off them; and they brake their bones in pieces, and separated as for the pot, and as flesh in the midst of the kettle.

Matthew 27:62

And in the morrow, which is after the preparation, the chief priests and the Pharisees were gathered together to Pilate

Mark 15:42

And being already evening, for it was the preparation, which is before sabbath,

John 19:1

Then Pilate therefore took Jesus, and scourged him.

John 19:14

And it was the preparation of the pascha, and about the sixth hour: and he says to the Jews, Behold your King!

John 19:42

There, therefore, on account of the Jews' preparation, because the tomb was near, they laid Jesus.

Joshua 8:29

And the king of Ai he hung upon the tree till the time of evening: and when the sun went down Joshua commanded and they will take down his carcass from the tree and cast it at the opening of the gate of the city, and they will set upon it a great heap of stones till this day.