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 Preparation Day of the Passover, at about the sixth hour. He said to the Jews, "Behold, your King!"
Matthew 27:62
Now on the next day, which was the day after the Preparation Day, the chief priests and the Pharisees were gathered together to Pilate,
Mark 15:42
When evening had now come, because it was the Preparation Day, that is, the day before the Sabbath,
That the
Deuteronomy 21:22
If a man have committed a sin worthy of death, and he be put to death, and you hang him on a tree;
That sabbath
Leviticus 23:7
In the first day you shall have a holy convocation. You shall do no regular work.
Their
John 19:1
So Pilate then took Jesus, and flogged him.
Proverbs 12:10
A righteous man respects the life of his animal, 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 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 there were two robbers crucified with him, one on his right hand and one on the left.
Luke 23:54
It was the day of the Preparation, and the Sabbath was drawing near.