And when He was in Jerusalem at the feast, during the passover, many believed on His name, seeing His miracles which He was doing;

There is a custom to you, that I release unto you one during the passover. Then do you wish that I may release unto you the King of the Jews?

Then the Jews, in order that the bodies may not remain on the cross during the Sabbath, since it was the Preparation (for the day of that Sabbath was a high day), asked Pilate, that they might break their legs, and take them down.