John 19:31

New King James Version

Therefore, because it was the Preparation Day, that the bodies should not remain on the cross on the Sabbath (for that Sabbath 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 everyone must eat—that only may be prepared by you.

Proverbs 12:10

A righteous man regards the life of his animal, But the tender mercies of the wicked are cruel.

Micah 3:3

Who also eat the flesh of My people, Flay their skin from them, Break their bones, And chop them in pieces Like meat for the pot, Like flesh in the caldron.”

Matthew 27:62

On the next day, which followed the Day of Preparation, the chief priests and Pharisees gathered together to Pilate,

Mark 15:42

Now when evening had come, because it was the Preparation Day, that is, the day before the Sabbath,

John 19:1

So then Pilate took Jesus and scourged Him.

John 19:14

Now it was the Preparation Day of the Passover, and about the sixth hour. And he said to the Jews, “Behold your King!”

John 19:42

So there they laid Jesus, because of the Jews’ Preparation Day, for the tomb was nearby.

Joshua 8:29

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