And that day was the preparation, and the sabbath drew on.
Now the next day that followed the day of the preparation, the chief priests and Pharisees came together to Pilate,
And now, when the evening was come, (because it was the preparation, that is, the day before the sabbath)
And he took it down, and wrapped it in linen, and laid it in a sepulcher that was hewn in stone, in which man was never before laid.
And it was the preparation of the passover, and about the sixth hour: and he saith to the Jews, Behold your King!
The Jews therefore, because it was the preparation, that the bodies should not remain upon the cross on the sabbath, (for that sabbath was a great day,) besought Pilate that their legs might be broken, and that they might be taken away.
There they laid Jesus therefore, because of the Jews' preparation-day, for the sepulcher was nigh at hand.
