John 19:31
Then, because it was the day of preparation, so that the bodies should not stay on the crosses on the Sabbath (for that Sabbath was an especially important one), the Jewish leaders asked Pilate to have the victims' legs broken and the bodies taken down.
John 19:14
(Now it was the day of preparation for the Passover, about noon.) Pilate said to the Jewish leaders, "Look, here is your king!"
John 19:42
And so, because it was the Jewish day of preparation and the tomb was nearby, they placed Jesus' body there.
Joshua 8:29
He hung the king of Ai on a tree, leaving him exposed until evening. At sunset Joshua ordered that his corpse be taken down from the tree. They threw it down at the entrance of the city gate and erected over it a large pile of stones (it remains to this very day).
Mark 15:42
Now when evening had already come, since it was the day of preparation (that is, the day before the Sabbath),
Exodus 12:16
On the first day there will be a holy convocation, and on the seventh day there will be a holy convocation for you. You must do no work of any kind on them, only what every person will eat -- that alone may be prepared for you.
Leviticus 23:7-16
On the first day there will be a holy assembly for you; you must not do any regular work.
Deuteronomy 21:22-23
If a person commits a sin punishable by death and is executed, and you hang the corpse on a tree,
Joshua 10:26-27
Then Joshua executed them and hung them on five trees. They were left hanging on the trees until evening.
Proverbs 12:10
A righteous person cares for the life of his animal, but even the most compassionate acts of the wicked are cruel.
Micah 3:3
You devour my people's flesh, strip off their skin, and crush their bones. You chop them up like flesh in a pot -- like meat in a kettle.
Matthew 27:62
The next day (which is after the day of preparation) the chief priests and the Pharisees assembled before Pilate
John 19:1
Then Pilate took Jesus and had him flogged severely.