John 19:31

New Revised Standard Version Updated Edition 2021

Since it was the day of Preparation, the Jews did not want the bodies left on the cross during the Sabbath, especially because that Sabbath was a day of great solemnity. So they asked Pilate to have the legs of the crucified men broken and the bodies removed.

Cross References

Exodus 12:16

On the first day you shall hold a solemn assembly and on the seventh day a solemn assembly; no work shall be done on those days; only what everyone must eat, that alone may be prepared by you.

Proverbs 12:10

The righteous know the needs of their animals, but the mercy of the wicked is cruel.

Micah 3:3

who eat the flesh of my people, flay their skin off them, break their bones in pieces, and chop them up like meat in a kettle, like flesh in a caldron.

Matthew 27:62

The next day, that is, after the day of Preparation, the chief priests and the Pharisees gathered before Pilate

Mark 15:42

When evening had come, and since it was the day of Preparation, that is, the day before the Sabbath,

John 19:1

Then Pilate took Jesus and had him flogged.

John 19:14

Now it was the day of Preparation for the Passover, and it was about noon. He said to the Jews, “Here is your King!”

John 19:42

And so, because it was the Jewish day of Preparation and the tomb was nearby, they laid Jesus there.

Joshua 8:29

And he hanged the king of Ai on a tree until evening, and at sunset Joshua commanded, and they took his body down from the tree, threw it down at the entrance of the gate of the city, and raised over it a great heap of stones, which stands there to this day.