John 19:31
It was Preparation and the Jews insisted that bodies not remain on the stake on the Sabbath. The day of that Sabbath was a high day. They asked Pilate that the legs be broken and that they might be taken away.
John 19:14
Now it was the Preparation of the Passover, about the sixth hour. And he said to the Jews: Behold, your King!
John 19:42
They laid Jesus there because the Jews Preparation was close at hand.
Joshua 8:29
He hung the king of Ai on a tree until evening. As soon as the sun was down, Joshua commanded that they take his carcass down from the tree and throw it at the entering gate of the city. They raised a large pile of rocks over it that is there to this day.
Mark 15:42
Evening arrived. It was the Preparation Day (Exodus 16:22-27), the day before the Sabbath.
Exodus 12:16
You shall have a holy assembly on the first day. There should be another holy assembly on the seventh day. No work at all will be done on them, except what must be eaten by every person that alone may be prepared by you.
Leviticus 23:7-16
Gather to worship on the first of these days. Do none of your daily work.
Deuteronomy 21:22-23
If a man commits a sin worthy of death and he is put to death. You hang him on a tree (stake).
Joshua 10:26-27
Afterward Joshua struck and killed them. He hanged them on five trees: and they hung on the trees until evening.
Proverbs 12:10
A righteous man has regard for the life of his animal, but the compassion of the wicked is terrible.
Micah 3:3
You eat the flesh of my people, and flay their skin from off them! You break their bones, and chop them in pieces similar to the contents of a pot or a caldron.
Matthew 27:62
It was morning, the day after Preparation. The chief priests and the Pharisees were gathered together with Pilate.
John 19:1
Then Pilate took Jesus and whipped him.