John 19:31

New Century Version

This day was Preparation Day, and the next day was a special Sabbath day. Since the religious leaders did not want the bodies to stay on the cross on the Sabbath day, they asked Pilate to order that the legs of the men be broken and the bodies be taken away.

Cross References

Exodus 12:16

You are to have holy meetings on the first and last days of the feast. You must not do any work on these days; the only work you may do is to prepare your meals.

Proverbs 12:10

Good people take care of their animals, but even the kindest acts of the wicked are cruel.

Micah 3:3

You eat my people’s flesh and skin them and break their bones; you chop them up like meat for the pot, like meat in a cooking pan.

Matthew 27:62

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

Mark 15:42

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

John 19:1

Then Pilate ordered that Jesus be taken away and whipped.

John 19:14

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

John 19:42

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

Joshua 8:29

Joshua hanged the king of Ai on a tree and left him there until evening. At sunset Joshua told his men to take the king’s body down from the tree and to throw it down at the city gate. Then they covered it with a pile of rocks, which is still there today.