John 19:31

The Passion Translation

The Jewish leaders did not want the bodies of the victims to remain on the cross through the next day, since it was the day of preparation for a very important Sabbath. So they asked Pilate’s permission to have the victims’ legs broken to hasten their death and their bodies taken down before sunset.

Cross References

Proverbs 12:10

A good man takes care of the needs of his pets, while even the kindest acts of a wicked man are still cruel.

Matthew 27:62

The next day, the day after Preparation Day for Passover, the chief priests and the Pharisees went together to Pilate.

Mark 15:42

Evening was fast approaching, and it was a preparation day before a Sabbath.

John 19:1

Then Pilate ordered Jesus to be brutally beaten with a whip of leather straps embedded with metal.

John 19:14

And it was now almost noon. And it was the same day they were preparing to slay the Passover lambs. Then Pilate said to the Jewish officials, “Look! Here is your king!”

John 19:42

And because the Sabbath was approaching, and the tomb was nearby, that’s where they laid the body of Jesus.

Joshua 8:29

And he hanged the king of Ai on a tree until sunset. Then at sunset, Joshua had the corpse taken down and left it lying in front of where the city gates once stood. They raised a large pile of stones over his corpse, where it remains to this day.