John 19:31

Since it was the Preparation Day, the Jewish leaders did not want to leave the bodies on the crosses during the Sabbath, because that was a particularly important Sabbath. So they asked Pilate to have the men's legs broken and the bodies removed.

John 19:14

Now it was the Preparation Day for the Passover, about noon. He told the Jewish leaders, "Here is your king!"

John 19:42

Because it was the Jewish Preparation Day, and because the tomb was nearby, they put Jesus there.

Joshua 8:29

He hanged the king of Ai on a tree until dusk, and at sunset Joshua ordered his body brought down from the tree and laid at the entrance to the gate of the town. There he raised over it a large mound of stones, which stands there to this day.

Mark 15:42

It was the Day of Preparation, that is, the day before the Sabbath. Since it was already evening,

Exodus 12:16

Also, on the first day you're to hold a holy assembly, and on the seventh day you're to hold a holy assembly. No work is to be done during those days, except for preparing what is to be eaten by each person.

Leviticus 23:7-16

On the first day that you hold the sacred assembly, you are to do no servile work.

Deuteronomy 21:22-23

"If a man is guilty of a capital offense, is executed, and then is impaled on a tree,

Joshua 10:26-27

After this, Joshua struck those kings down, executing them, and hanged them on five gallows until sunset.

Proverbs 12:10

The righteous person looks out for the welfare of his livestock, but even the compassion of the wicked is cruel.

Micah 3:3

You eat the flesh of my people, flaying their skin from them. You break their bones, chopping them in pieces like meat for a pot, like meat destined for a soup kettle.'

Matthew 27:62

The following day (that is, after the Day of Preparation), the high priests and Pharisees gathered before Pilate

John 19:1

Then Pilate had Jesus taken away and whipped.

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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 Preparation Day for the Passover, about noon. He told the Jewish leaders, "Here is your king!"
Matthew 27:62
The following day (that is, after the Day of Preparation), the high priests and Pharisees gathered before Pilate
Mark 15:42
It was the Day of Preparation, that is, the day before the Sabbath. Since it was already evening,

That the

Deuteronomy 21:22
"If a man is guilty of a capital offense, is executed, and then is impaled on a tree,

That sabbath

Leviticus 23:7
On the first day that you hold the sacred assembly, you are to do no servile work.

Their

John 19:1
Then Pilate had Jesus taken away and whipped.
Proverbs 12:10
The righteous person looks out for the welfare of his livestock, but even the compassion of the wicked is cruel.
Micah 3:3
You eat the flesh of my people, flaying their skin from them. You break their bones, chopping them in pieces like meat for a pot, like meat destined for a soup kettle.'

General references

Matthew 27:38
At that time two bandits were crucified with him, one on his right and the other on his left.
Luke 23:54
It was the Preparation Day, and the Sabbath was just beginning.

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