And that day was the preparation, and the sabbath was coming on.
Now the next day, that followed the day of the preparation, the chief priests and Pharisees came together unto Pilate,
And now when the evening was come, because it was the preparation, that is, the day before the sabbath,
And he took it down, and wrapped it in linen, and laid it in a sepulcher that was hewn in stone, in which never man before was laid.
And it was the preparation of the passover, and about the sixth hour: and he said unto the Jews, Behold your King!
The Jews therefore, because it was the preparation, that the bodies should not remain upon the cross on the sabbath day, (for that sabbath day was a high day,) besought Pilate that their legs might be broken, and that they might be taken away.
There laid they Jesus therefore because of the Jews' preparation day; for the sepulcher was near at hand.