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
And it was the preparation of the passover, and about the sixth hour: and he saith to the Jews, Behold your King!
Matthew 27:62
Now the next day that followed the day of the preparation, the chief priests and Pharisees came together to 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 if a man shall have committed a sin worthy of death, and he must be put to death, and thou shalt hang him on a tree:
That sabbath
Leviticus 23:7
In the first day ye shall have a holy convocation: ye shall do no servile work in it.
Their
John 19:1
Then Pilate therefore took Jesus, and scourged him.
Proverbs 12:10
A righteous man regardeth the life of his beast: 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 they break their bones, and chop them in pieces, as for the pot, and as flesh within the caldron.
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Matthew 27:38
Then were there 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.