John 19:31
It was the Preparation Day, and so, to prevent the bodies from remaining on the crosses during the Sabbath (for that Sabbath was a great day), the Jews asked Pilate to have the legs broken and the bodies removed.
John 19:14
It was the Passover Preparation Day, and about noon. Then he said to the Jews: "Here is your King!"
John 19:42
And so, because of its being the Preparation Day, and as the tomb was close at hand, they laid Jesus there.
Mark 15:42
The evening had already fallen, when, as it was the Preparation Day--the day before the Sabbath--
Matthew 27:62
The next day--that is, the day following the Preparation-Day- -the Chief Priests and Pharisees came in a body to Pilate, and said:
John 19:1
After that, Pilate had Jesus scourged.