John 19:14

New Century Version

It was about noon on Preparation Day of Passover week. Pilate said to the crowd, “Here is your king!”

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The next day, the day after Preparation Day, the leading priests and the Pharisees went to Pilate.

So Jesus came out, wearing the crown of thorns and the purple robe. Pilate said to them, “Here is the man!”

The men laid Jesus in that tomb because it was nearby, and they were preparing to start their Sabbath day.

It was nine o’clock in the morning when they crucified Jesus.

Then they came to him many times and said, “Hail, King of the Jews!” and hit him in the face.

This was late on Preparation Day, and when the sun went down, the Sabbath day would begin.

This was Preparation Day. (That means the day before the Sabbath day.) That evening,

At noon the whole country became dark, and the darkness lasted for three hours.

It was about noon, and the whole land became dark until three o’clock in the afternoon,