John 19:31

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It was Preparation Day. The next day would be a special Sabbath day. The Jewish leaders didn’t want the bodies to be left on the crosses during the Sabbath day, so they asked Pilate to have the men’s legs broken and their bodies taken down.

Cross References

John 19:14

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

John 19:42

Because it was the Jewish Preparation Day and the tomb was nearby, they put Jesus there.

Mark 15:42

It was Preparation Day (that is, the day before the Sabbath). As evening approached,

John 19:1

Then Pilate took Jesus and had him whipped.

Matthew 27:62

The next day, which was the Sabbath day, the chief priests and the Pharisees went to Pilate.