John 19:31
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.
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- John 19:14 Now it was the Preparation of the passover: it was about the sixth hour. And he saith unto the Jews, Behold, your King!
- John 19:42 There then because of the Jews’ Preparation (for the tomb was nigh at hand) they laid Jesus.
- Mark 15:42 And when even was now come, because it was the Preparation, that is, the day before the sabbath,