And when evening had come, because it was the Preparation Day, that is, the day before the Sabbath,
Therefore, since it was the Preparation Day, that the bodies should not remain on the stake on the Sabbath – for that Sabbath was a high one – the Yehuḏim asked Pilate to have their legs broken, and that they be taken away.
“And when they had accomplished all that was written concerning Him, taking Him down from the timber, they laid Him in a tomb.