It was the day of Preparation, and the Sabbath was approaching.
The next day (that is, after the day of Preparation), the chief priests and the Pharisees gathered together before Pilate
When evening had come, since it was the day of Preparation (that is, the day before the Sabbath),
Then he took it down, wrapped it in a linen cloth, and laid it in a tomb hewn in the rock, where no one had ever been laid.
It was about the sixth hour on the day of Preparation for the Passover, and he said to the Jews, “Behold, your king!”
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.
Because it was the Jewish day of Preparation and since the tomb was nearby, they laid Jesus there.