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
(Now it was the day of preparation of the Passover; it was about the sixth hour.) And he said to the Jews, "Behold your king!"
Matthew 27:62
Now [on] the next day, which is after the day of preparation, the chief priests and the Pharisees assembled before Pilate,
Mark 15:42
And [when it] was already evening, since it was the day of preparation (that is, the day before the Sabbath),
That the
Deuteronomy 21:22
"And {if a man commits a sin punishable by death}, and [so] he is put to death and you hang him on a tree,
That sabbath
Leviticus 23:7
On the first day [there] shall be a holy assembly for you; you shall not do {any regular work}.
Their
John 19:1
So then Pilate took Jesus and had him flogged.
Proverbs 12:10
The righteous knows the life of his animal, but the compassion of the wicked is cruel.
Micah 3:3
and who eat the flesh of my people, and strip their skin from them, and break their bones, and chop [them] like meat in the pot, and like flesh in the midst of a cooking pot."
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Matthew 27:38
Then two robbers were crucified with him, one on [his] right and one on [his] left.
Luke 23:54
And it was the day of preparation, and the Sabbath was drawing near.