John 19:31

The Jews then, because it was the Sabbath even that the bodies should not remain upon the cross on the Sabbath day - For that Sabbath day was a high day - besought Pilate that their legs might be broken and that they might be taken down.

John 19:14

It was the Sabbath even which falleth in the Easter feast, and about the sixth hour. And he said unto the Jews, "Behold your King."

John 19:42

There laid they Jesus because of the Jews' Sabbath even, for the sepulchre was nigh at hand.

Joshua 8:29

And the king of Ai he hanged on tree, until evening. And as soon as the sun was down, Joshua commanded and they took the carcass down off the tree, and cast it in the entering of the gate of the city, and cast thereon a great heap of stones, that remaineth unto this day.

Mark 15:42

And now when night was come, because it was the even that goeth before the Sabbath,

Exodus 12:16

"The first day shall be a holy feast unto you, and the seventh also. There shall be no manner of work done in them, save about that only which every man must eat: that only may ye do.

Leviticus 23:7-16

The first day shall be a holy feast unto you, so that ye may do no laborious work therein.

Deuteronomy 21:22-23

If a man have committed a trespass worthy of death and is put to death for it and hanged on tree:

Joshua 10:26-27

And then Joshua smote them and slew them and hanged them on five trees till evening.

Proverbs 12:10

A righteous man regardeth the life of his cattle; but the ungodly have cruel hearts.

Micah 3:3

ye eat the flesh of my people, and flay of their skin; ye break their bones, ye chop them in pieces as it were into a cauldron, and as flesh into a pot.

Matthew 27:62

The next day that followeth the day of preparing, the high priests and Pharisees got themselves to Pilate,

John 19:1

Then Pilate took Jesus and scourged 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
It was the Sabbath even which falleth in the Easter feast, and about the sixth hour. And he said unto the Jews, "Behold your King."
Matthew 27:62
The next day that followeth the day of preparing, the high priests and Pharisees got themselves to Pilate,
Mark 15:42
And now when night was come, because it was the even that goeth before the Sabbath,

That the

Deuteronomy 21:22
If a man have committed a trespass worthy of death and is put to death for it and hanged on tree:

That sabbath

Leviticus 23:7
The first day shall be a holy feast unto you, so that ye may do no laborious work therein.

Their

John 19:1
Then Pilate took Jesus and scourged him.
Proverbs 12:10
A righteous man regardeth the life of his cattle; but the ungodly have cruel hearts.
Micah 3:3
ye eat the flesh of my people, and flay of their skin; ye break their bones, ye chop them in pieces as it were into a cauldron, and as flesh into a pot.

General references

Matthew 27:38
And there were two thieves crucified with him, one on the right hand, and another on the left hand.
Luke 23:54
And that day was the Sabbath even; And the Sabbath drew on.