John 19:31 “It was the day of Preparation, and the next day was a High Sabbath. In…”

John 19:31

It was the day of Preparation, and the next day was a High Sabbath. In order that the bodies would not remain on the cross during the Sabbath, the Jews asked Pilate to have the legs broken and the bodies removed.

Berean Standard Bible

Other translations

King James Version

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

World English Bible

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.

American Standard Version

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.

Geneva Bible 1599

The Iewes then (because it was the Preparation, that the bodies should not remaine vpon the crosse on the Sabbath day: for that Sabbath was an hie day) besought Pilate that their legges might be broken, and that they might be taken downe.

Darby Translation

The Jews therefore, that the bodies might not remain on the cross on the sabbath, for it was [the] preparation, (for the day of that sabbath was a great [day],) demanded of Pilate that their legs might be broken and they taken away.

Young's Literal Translation

The Jews, therefore, that the bodies might not remain on the cross on the sabbath, since it was the preparation, (for that sabbath day was a great one,) asked of Pilate that their legs may be broken, and they taken away.

Bible in Basic English

Now it was the day of getting ready for the Passover, and so that the bodies might not be on the cross on the Sabbath (because the day of that Sabbath was a great day), the Jews made a request to Pilate that their legs might be broken, and that they might be taken away.

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Cross references

“because”

John 19:14 John 19:42 Mark 15:42 Matthew 27:62

John 19:14 · BSB

It was the day of Preparation for the Passover, about the sixth hour. And Pilate said to the Jews, “Here is your King!”

John 19:42 · BSB

And because it was the Jewish day of Preparation and the tomb was nearby, they placed Jesus there.

Mark 15:42 · BSB

Now it was already evening. Since it was Preparation Day (that is, the day before the Sabbath),

Matthew 27:62 · BSB

The next day, the one after Preparation Day, the chief priests and Pharisees assembled before Pilate.

“that the”

Deuteronomy 21:22 Deuteronomy 21:23

Deuteronomy 21:22 · BSB

If a man has committed a sin worthy of death, and he is executed, and you hang his body on a tree,

Deuteronomy 21:23 · BSB

you must not leave the body on the tree overnight, but you must be sure to bury him that day, because anyone who is hung on a tree is under God’s curse. You must not defile the land that the LORD your God is giving you a…

“that sabbath”

Leviticus 23:7–16

Leviticus 23:7–16 · BSB

On the first day you are to hold a sacred assembly; you are not to do any regular work.

“their”

John 19:1 Proverbs 12:10 Micah 3:3

John 19:1 · BSB

Then Pilate took Jesus and had Him flogged.

Proverbs 12:10 · BSB

A righteous man regards the life of his animal, but the tender mercies of the wicked are only cruelty.

Micah 3:3 · BSB

You eat the flesh of my people after stripping off their skin and breaking their bones. You chop them up like flesh for the cooking pot, like meat in a cauldron.”

Also

Joshua 8:29 Joshua 10:26–27 Exodus 12:16

Joshua 8:29 · BSB

He hung the king of Ai on a tree until evening, and at sunset Joshua commanded that they take down the body from the tree and throw it down at the entrance of the city gate. And over it they raised a large pile of rocks,…

Joshua 10:26–27 · BSB

After this, Joshua struck down and killed the kings, and he hung their bodies on five trees and left them there until evening.

Exodus 12:16 · BSB

On the first day you are to hold a sacred assembly, and another on the seventh day. You must not do any work on those days, except to prepare the meals—that is all you may do.

Cross references adapted from OpenBible.info (CC BY 4.0) and the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.

In context

30When Jesus had received the sour wine, He said, “It is finished.” And bowing His head, He yielded up His spirit.

32So the soldiers came and broke the legs of the first man who had been crucified with Jesus, and those of the other.

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