John 19:31

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

John 19:14

Now it was the day of Preparation of the Passover. It was about the sixth hour. He said to the Jews, "Behold your King!"

John 19:42

So because of the Jewish day of Preparation, since the tomb was close at hand, they laid Jesus there.

Joshua 8:29

And he hanged the king of Ai on a tree until evening. And at sunset Joshua commanded, and they took his body down from the tree and threw it at the entrance of the gate of the city and raised over it a great heap of stones, which stands there to this day.

Mark 15:42

And when evening had come, since it was the day of Preparation, that is, the day before the Sabbath,

Exodus 12:16

On the first day you shall hold a holy assembly, and on the seventh day a holy assembly. No work shall be done on those days. But what everyone needs to eat, that alone may be prepared by you.

Leviticus 23:7-16

On the first day you shall have a holy convocation; you shall not do any ordinary work.

Deuteronomy 21:22-23

"And if a man has committed a crime punishable by death and he is put to death, and you hang him on a tree,

Joshua 10:26-27

And afterward Joshua struck them and put them to death, and he hanged them on five trees. And they hung on the trees until evening.

Proverbs 12:10

Whoever is righteous has regard for the life of his beast, but the mercy of the wicked is cruel.

Micah 3:3

who eat the flesh of my people, and flay their skin from off them, and break their bones in pieces and chop them up like meat in a pot, like flesh in a cauldron.

Matthew 27:62

The next day, that is, after the day of Preparation, the chief priests and the Pharisees gathered before Pilate

John 19:1

Then Pilate took Jesus and flogged him.

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Summary

The Jews therefore, because it was the preparation, that the bodies should not remain upon the cross on the sabbath day, (for that sabbath day was an high day,) besought Pilate that their legs might be broken, and that they might be taken away.

That sabbath

General references

Bible References

Because

John 19:14
Now it was the day of Preparation of the Passover. It was about the sixth hour. He said to the Jews, "Behold your King!"
Matthew 27:62
The next day, that is, after the day of Preparation, the chief priests and the Pharisees gathered before Pilate
Mark 15:42
And when evening had come, since it was the day of Preparation, that is, the day before the Sabbath,

That the

Deuteronomy 21:22
"And if a man has committed a crime punishable by death and he is put to death, and you hang him on a tree,

That sabbath

Leviticus 23:7
On the first day you shall have a holy convocation; you shall not do any ordinary work.

Their

John 19:1
Then Pilate took Jesus and flogged him.
Proverbs 12:10
Whoever is righteous has regard for the life of his beast, but the mercy of the wicked is cruel.
Micah 3:3
who eat the flesh of my people, and flay their skin from off them, and break their bones in pieces and chop them up like meat in a pot, like flesh in a cauldron.

General references

Matthew 27:38
Then two robbers were crucified with him, one on the right and one on the left.
Luke 23:54
It was the day of Preparation, and the Sabbath was beginning.

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