John 19:31
Therefore the Jews, because it was the Preparation Day, so that the bodies wouldn’t remain on the cross on the Sabbath (for that Sabbath was a special one), 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 Day of the Passover, at about the sixth hour. He said to the Jews, “Behold, your King!”
- John 19:42 Then, because of the Jews’ Preparation Day (for the tomb was near at hand), they laid Jesus there.
- Mark 15:42 When evening had now come, because it was the Preparation Day, that is, the day before the Sabbath,