John 19:31

Therefore the Jews, because it was the Preparation Day, so that the bodies wouldn't remain on the cross on the Sabbath (for that Sabbath was a special one), asked of Pilate that their legs might be broken, and that they might be taken away.

John 19:14

Now it was the Preparation Day of the Passover, at about the sixth hour. He said to the Jews, "Behold, your King!"

John 19:42

Then because of the Jews' Preparation Day (for the tomb was near at hand) they laid Jesus there.

Joshua 8:29

He hanged the king of Ai on a tree until the evening, and at the sundown Joshua commanded, and they took his body down from the tree, and threw it at the entrance of the gate of the city, and raised a great heap of stones on it that remains to this day.

Mark 15:42

When evening had now come, because it was the Preparation Day, that is, the day before the Sabbath,

Exodus 12:16

In the first day there shall be to you a holy convocation, and in the seventh day a holy convocation; no kind of work shall be done in them, except that which every man must eat, that only may be done by you.

Leviticus 23:7-16

In the first day you shall have a holy convocation. You shall do no regular work.

Deuteronomy 21:22-23

If a man have committed a sin worthy of death, and he be put to death, and you hang him on a tree;

Joshua 10:26-27

Afterward Joshua struck them, put them to death, and hanged them on five trees. They were hanging on the trees until the evening.

Proverbs 12:10

A righteous man respects the life of his animal, but the tender mercies of the wicked are cruel.

Micah 3:3

who also eat the flesh of my people, and flay their skin from off them, and break their bones, and chop them in pieces, as for the pot, and as flesh within the caldron.

Matthew 27:62

Now on the next day, which was the day after the Preparation Day, the chief priests and the Pharisees were gathered together to Pilate,

John 19:1

So Pilate then took Jesus, and flogged 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
Now it was the Preparation Day of the Passover, at about the sixth hour. He said to the Jews, "Behold, your King!"
Matthew 27:62
Now on the next day, which was the day after the Preparation Day, the chief priests and the Pharisees were gathered together to Pilate,
Mark 15:42
When evening had now come, because it was the Preparation Day, that is, the day before the Sabbath,

That the

Deuteronomy 21:22
If a man have committed a sin worthy of death, and he be put to death, and you hang him on a tree;

That sabbath

Leviticus 23:7
In the first day you shall have a holy convocation. You shall do no regular work.

Their

John 19:1
So Pilate then took Jesus, and flogged him.
Proverbs 12:10
A righteous man respects the life of his animal, but the tender mercies of the wicked are cruel.
Micah 3:3
who also eat the flesh of my people, and flay their skin from off them, and break their bones, and chop them in pieces, as for the pot, and as flesh within the caldron.

General references

Matthew 27:38
Then there were two robbers crucified with him, one on his right hand and one on the left.
Luke 23:54
It was the day of the Preparation, and the Sabbath was drawing near.