John 19:31

Tree of Life Version

It was the Day of Preparation, and the next day was a festival Shabbat. So that the bodies should not remain on the execution stake during Shabbat, the Judean leaders asked Pilate to have the legs broken and to have the bodies taken away.

Cross References

Exodus 12:16

The first day is to be a holy assembly for you as well as the seventh day. No manner of work is to be done on those days, except what is to be eaten by every person—that alone may be prepared by you.

Proverbs 12:10

A righteous person cares for the life of his animal, yet even the compassion of the wicked is cruel.

Micah 3:3

Now that they have eaten the flesh of my people, stripped their skin off from them, and smashed their bones to bits, they cut it up like flesh in a pot, or like meat within a caldron.

Matthew 27:62

Now on the next day, which is after the preparation, the ruling kohanim and Pharisees were gathered before Pilate.

Mark 15:42

Now evening had already come. Since it was the Day of Preparation, that is, the day before Shabbat,

John 19:1

Then Pilate took Yeshua and had Him scourged.

John 19:14

It was the Day of Preparation for Passover, about the sixth hour. And Pilate said to the Judean leaders, “Behold, your king!”

John 19:42

Because it was the Jewish Day of Preparation and the tomb was nearby, they laid Yeshua there.

Joshua 8:29

Then he hanged the king of Ai on a tree until evening. At sunset Joshua commanded that they take his carcass down from the tree, cast it at the entrance of the gate of the city, and piled over it a great heap of stones, which remains to this day.