John 19:42

The Text-Critical English New Testament

Because it was the Jewish day of Preparation and since the tomb was nearby, they laid Jesus there.

Cross References

Matthew 12:40

For just as Jonah was in the belly of the great sea creature for three days and three nights, so will the Son of Man be in the heart of the earth for three days and three nights.

John 19:14

It was about the sixth hour on the day of Preparation for the Passover, and he said to the Jews, “Behold, your king!”

John 19:20

Many of the Jews read this notice, because the place where Jesus was crucified was near the city, and it was written in Hebrew, Greek, and Latin.

John 19:31

Since it was the day of Preparation (for that Sabbath was a high day), the Jews asked Pilate to have the men's legs broken and their bodies taken away, so that the bodies would not remain on the cross on the Sabbath.

John 19:41

Near the place where Jesus was crucified there was a garden, and in the garden there was a new tomb in which no one had ever been laid.

Acts 13:29

When they had fulfilled all that was written about him, they took him down from the cross and laid him in a tomb.

1 Corinthians 15:4

that he was buried, that he was raised on the third day according to the Scriptures,

Colossians 2:12

Having been buried with him in baptism, you have also been raised with him through faith in the powerful working of God, who raised him from the dead.