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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Bible References
Because
John 19:14
It was the Sabbath even which falleth in the Easter feast, and about the sixth hour. And he said unto the Jews, "Behold your King."
Matthew 27:62
The next day that followeth the day of preparing, the high priests and Pharisees got themselves to Pilate,
Mark 15:42
And now when night was come, because it was the even that goeth before the Sabbath,
That the
Deuteronomy 21:22
If a man have committed a trespass worthy of death and is put to death for it and hanged on tree:
That sabbath
Leviticus 23:7
The first day shall be a holy feast unto you, so that ye may do no laborious work therein.
Their
John 19:1
Then Pilate took Jesus and scourged him.
Proverbs 12:10
A righteous man regardeth the life of his cattle; but the ungodly have cruel hearts.
Micah 3:3
ye eat the flesh of my people, and flay of their skin; ye break their bones, ye chop them in pieces as it were into a cauldron, and as flesh into a pot.
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Matthew 27:38
And there were two thieves crucified with him, one on the right hand, and another on the left hand.
Luke 23:54
And that day was the Sabbath even; And the Sabbath drew on.