Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
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.
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Because
John 19:14
(It was the day when they made ready for the Passover; and it was about the sixth hour.) And he said to the Jews, There is your King!
Matthew 27:62
Now on the day after the getting ready of the Passover, the chief priests and Pharisees came together to Pilate,
Mark 15:42
And when it was evening, because it was the time of getting ready, that is, the day before the Sabbath,
That the
Deuteronomy 21:22
If a man does a crime for which the punishment is death, and he is put to death by hanging him on a tree;
That sabbath
Leviticus 23:7
On the first day you will have a holy meeting; you may do no sort of field-work.
Their
John 19:1
Then Pilate took Jesus and had him whipped with cords.
Proverbs 12:10
An upright man has thought for the life of his beast, but the hearts of evil-doers are cruel.
Micah 3:3
Like meat they take the flesh of my people for their food, skinning them and crushing their bones, yes, cutting them up as if for the pot, like flesh inside the cooking-pot.
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Matthew 27:38
Then two thieves were put on crosses with him, one on the right and one on the left.
Luke 23:54
Now it was the day of making ready and the Sabbath was coming on.