'Preparation' in the Bible

Now it was the Preparation of the passover: it was about the sixth hour. And he saith unto the Jews, Behold, your King!

The Jews therefore, because it was the Preparation, that the bodies should not remain on the cross upon the sabbath (for the day of that sabbath was a high day ), asked of Pilate that their legs might be broken, and that they might be taken away.

There then because of the Jews Preparation (for the tomb was nigh at hand) they laid Jesus.