Thematic Bible: Preparations for the
Thematic Bible
Sabbath » Preparations for the
It was Preparation Day, so in order to prevent the bodies' hanging on the cross during the Sabbath (for the Sabbath was a great day) the Jews begged Pilate to have the legs broken, and the bodies taken away.
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The day after??hat is, the day following the Preparation??he chief priests and Pharisees went in a body to Pilate and said:
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Toward sunset, as it was the preparation (that is the day preceding the Sabbath),
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And it was the day of preparation and the Sabbath was near at hand.
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