On the first day of the Feast of Unleavened Bread, the disciples came to Jesus and said to him, “Where do yoʋ want us to make preparations for yoʋ to eat the Passover?”
Matthew 27:62 - The Text-Critical English New Testament The next day (that is, after the day of Preparation), the chief priests and the Pharisees gathered together before Pilate Tuilleadh leaganachaKing James Version (Oxford) 1769 Now the next day, that followed the day of the preparation, the chief priests and Pharisees came together unto Pilate, Amplified Bible - Classic Edition The next day, that is, the day after the day of Preparation [for the Sabbath], the chief priests and the Pharisees assembled before Pilate American Standard Version (1901) Now on the morrow, which is the day after the Preparation, the chief priests and the Pharisees were gathered together unto Pilate, Common English Bible The next day, which was the day after Preparation Day, the chief priests and the Pharisees gathered before Pilate. Catholic Public Domain Version Then the next day, which is after the Preparation day, the leaders of the priests and the Pharisees went to Pilate together, Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version And the next day, which followed the day of preparation, the chief priests and the Pharisees came together to Pilate, |
On the first day of the Feast of Unleavened Bread, the disciples came to Jesus and said to him, “Where do yoʋ want us to make preparations for yoʋ to eat the Passover?”
When evening had come, since it was the day of Preparation (that is, the day before the Sabbath),
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.