John 19:31

Modern English Version

Since it was the Day of Preparation, to prevent bodies from remaining on the cross on the Sabbath day (for that Sabbath day was a high day), the Jews asked Pilate that their legs might be broken, and that they might be taken away.

Cross References

Exodus 12:16

On the first day there shall be a holy convocation, and on the seventh day there shall be a holy convocation for you. No manner of work shall be done on them, but that which every man must eat—that only may be prepared for you.

Proverbs 12:10

A righteous man tends to the life of his animal, but the tender mercies of the wicked are cruel.

Micah 3:3

you who have eaten the flesh of My people, and have flayed their skin from them, and broken their bones in pieces; who have chopped them up like meat in the pot, and like flesh in the cauldron.

Matthew 27:62

The next day, following the Day of Preparation, the chief priests and Pharisees gathered before Pilate,

Mark 15:42

When the evening had come, because it was the Day of Preparation, that is, the day before the Sabbath,

John 19:1

Then Pilate took Jesus and flogged Him.

John 19:14

It was the Day of Preparation of the Passover and about the sixth hour. He said to the Jews, “Behold your King!”

John 19:42

So because of the Jewish Day of Preparation, and since the tomb was nearby, they buried Jesus there.

Joshua 8:29

The king of Ai hanged on a tree until evening. At sunset, Joshua commanded that the people take down the body from the tree and throw it down at the city gate. They erected a large heap of stones over it that remains to this day.