John 19:31

Modern King James Version

Then the Jews, because it was Preparation, begged Pilate that their legs might be broken, and that they might be taken away, so that the bodies should not remain on the cross on the sabbath. For that sabbath was a high day.

Cross References

Exodus 12:16

And on the first day shall be a holy gathering, and in the seventh day there shall be a holy gathering for you. No manner of work shall be done in them, except that which every man must eat, that only may be done by you.

Proverbs 12:10

A righteous one understands the soul of his animal; but the tender mercies of the wicked are cruel.

Micah 3:3

who also eat the flesh of My people, and strip their skin off them. And they break their bones and chop them in pieces, like that in the pot, like those in the middle of the kettle.

Matthew 27:62

And on the next day, which was after the Preparation, the chief priests and the Pharisees gathered to Pilate,

Mark 15:42

And it, becoming evening already, since it was the Preparation, that is, the day before sabbath,

John 19:1

Then Pilate therefore took Jesus and flogged Him.

John 19:14

And it was the preparation of the Passover, and about the sixth hour. And he said to the Jews, Behold your king!

John 19:42

There, then, because of the Preparation of the Jews, because the tomb was near, they laid Jesus.

Joshua 8:29

And he hanged the king of Ai on a tree until evening. And as soon as the sun was down, Joshua commanded that they should take his body down from the tree and throw it down at the entrance to the gate of the city, and raise on it a great heap of stones, to this day.