John 19:42

They laid Jesus there because the Jews Preparation was close at hand.

John 19:14

Now it was the Preparation of the Passover, about the sixth hour. And he said to the Jews: Behold, your King!

John 19:31

It was Preparation and the Jews insisted that bodies not remain on the stake on the Sabbath. The day of that Sabbath was a high day. They asked Pilate that the legs be broken and that they might be taken away.

John 19:41

There was a garden at the place where he was impaled. It contained a new tomb where no one had been buried.

Psalm 22:15

My power is dried up like pieces of broken pottery. My tongue sticks to the roof of my mouth. You lay me down in the dust of death.

Isaiah 53:9

He was buried like a criminal in a rich mans grave. He had done no wrong, nor was any deceit in his mouth.

Matthew 12:40

Just as Jonah was three days and three nights in the belly of the huge fish, so the Son of man will be three days and three nights in the heart of the earth [the grave].

John 19:20

This title was read by many of the Jews, for the place where Jesus was impaled was near the city. It was written in Hebrew, Latin and Greek.

Acts 13:29

When they had fulfilled all that was written about him, they took him down from the stake, and laid him in a tomb.

1 Corinthians 15:4

He was buried, and he was raised on the third day according to the Scriptures.

Colossians 2:12

You have been buried with him in baptism. You were also raised with him through faith in the working of God, who raised him from the dead.

Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Summary

There laid they Jesus therefore because of the Jews' preparation day; for the sepulchre was nigh at hand.

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Laid

Psalm 22:15
My power is dried up like pieces of broken pottery. My tongue sticks to the roof of my mouth. You lay me down in the dust of death.
Isaiah 53:9
He was buried like a criminal in a rich mans grave. He had done no wrong, nor was any deceit in his mouth.
Matthew 12:40
Just as Jonah was three days and three nights in the belly of the huge fish, so the Son of man will be three days and three nights in the heart of the earth [the grave].
Acts 13:29
When they had fulfilled all that was written about him, they took him down from the stake, and laid him in a tomb.
1 Corinthians 15:4
He was buried, and he was raised on the third day according to the Scriptures.
Colossians 2:12
You have been buried with him in baptism. You were also raised with him through faith in the working of God, who raised him from the dead.

Because

John 19:14
Now it was the Preparation of the Passover, about the sixth hour. And he said to the Jews: Behold, your King!

General references

Luke 23:52
He went to Pilate and asked for the body of Jesus.