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.

That sabbath

General references

Bible References

Because

John 19:14
And it was the preparation of the passover and about the sixth hour; then he said unto the Jews, Behold your King!
Matthew 27:62
Now the next day, that followed the day of the preparation, the princes of the priests and the Pharisees came together unto Pilate,
Mark 15:42
And now when the evening was come, because it was the preparation, that is, the day before the sabbath,

That the

Deuteronomy 21:22
And when a man shall have committed a sin worthy of death, and he is to be put to death, and thou shall have hung him on a tree,

That sabbath

Leviticus 23:7
The first day ye shall have a holy convocation; ye shall do no servile work therein.

Their

John 19:1
Then Pilate, therefore, took Jesus and scourged him.
Proverbs 12:10
The righteous is merciful even unto his beast, but the piety of the wicked is cruel.
Micah 3:3
and eat the flesh of my people, and flay their skin from off them; and they 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 thieves crucified with him, one on the right hand and another on the left.
Luke 23:54
And that day was the preparation, and the sabbath drew on.