Verse 31

Now it was the day of Preparation, and the next day was to be a special Sabbath. Since the Jewish leaders did not want the bodies to remain on the crosses during the Sabbath, they asked Pilate to have the legs broken and the bodies taken down.

Other Translations

• Bibeloversettelse fra KJV1611 og Textus Receptus

  Siden jødene, fordi det var forberedelsesdag, ikke ville at kroppene skulle bli liggende på korset på sabbatsdagen, (for den dagen var en stor helligdag,) ba de Pilatus om å få knuse benene deres, og ta dem bort.

• NT, oversatt fra gresk

  Jødene, fordi det var forberedelsesdagen, ba Pilatus om at de måtte bryte bena på dem, så kroppen ikke skulle bli hengende på korset under sabbaten, for den dagen var en stor helligdag.

• Norsk King James

  Jødene derfor, fordi det var forberedelsesdag, ba Pilatus om at kroppene ikke skulle bli hengende på korset på sabbatsdagen, (for den sabbatsdagen var en stor dag,) ba ham om at beina deres måtte bli brutt, og at de måtte bli tatt ned.

• Modernisert Norsk Bibel 1866

  Siden det var forberedelsesdag, så kroppene ikke skulle bli hengende på korset over sabbaten — fordi denne sabbaten var en stor dag — ba jødene Pilatus om å få knekt bena deres og bli tatt ned.

• KJV/Textus Receptus til norsk

  Jødene, siden det var forberedelsesdagen, for at likene ikke skulle bli hengende på korset på sabbaten, (for den sabbaten var en stor dag) ba Pilatus om at deres ben måtte bli brukket, og at de kunne bli tatt bort.

• Den norske oversettelsen av Det Nye Testamente

  Siden det var forberedelsesdag, og for at kroppene ikke skulle bli hengende på korset sabbaten over, for den sabbaten var stor, ba jødene Pilatus om at benene måtte bli brutt og likene tatt ned.

• Bibelen: En Moderne Oversettelse av King James Version 1611

  Fordi det var forberedelsesdagen, og for at kroppene ikke skulle bli hengende på korset på sabbaten (for den sabbaten var en stor høytidsdag), ba jødene Pilatus om at benene måtte brytes og at kroppene kunne bli tatt bort.

• o3-mini KJV Norsk

  Ettersom det var forberedelsesdag for at kroppene ikke skulle forbli på korset på sabbatsdagen – for den sabbaten var en høytidsdag – ba jødene Pilatus om å knekte bena slik at de kunne fjernes.

• gpt4.5-preview

  Jødene ba da Pilatus om at kroppene ikke skulle bli hengende på korset på sabbaten, siden det var forberedelsesdag og denne sabbaten var en høytidsdag. Derfor ba de om at bena måtte bli brutt og likene tatt bort.

• En Moderne Oversettelse av King James Version 1611 (mar 2025)

  Jødene ba da Pilatus om at kroppene ikke skulle bli hengende på korset på sabbaten, siden det var forberedelsesdag og denne sabbaten var en høytidsdag. Derfor ba de om at bena måtte bli brutt og likene tatt bort.

• Lingvistisk bibeloversettelse fra grunntekst

  Siden det var forberedelsesdagen, for at kroppene ikke skulle bli hengende på korset på sabbaten – for den sabbaten var stor – ba jødene Pilatus om at benene deres skulle bli brutt og at de skulle tas bort.

• NT, oversatt fra gresk Aug2024

  Det var forberedelsesdagen, og for at kroppene ikke skulle bli hengende på korset på sabbaten – for den sabbat var en stor sabbat – ba jødene Pilatus om at de korsfestedes ben måtte brytes og kroppene tas ned.

• Original Norsk Bibel 1866

  Paa det nu at Legemerne ikke skulde blive paa Korset Sabbaten over, efterdi det var Beredelsens (Dag), — thi denne Sabbatsdag var stor — bade Jøderne Pilatus, at deres Been maatte brydes, og de nedtages.

• King James Version 1769 (Standard 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.

• KJV 1769 norsk

  Jødene, fordi det var forberedelsesdagen, og for at kroppene ikke skulle forbli på korset på sabbaten (for den sabbaten var en stor dag), ba Pilatus om at deres bein måtte bli brutt og at de skulle fjernes.

• KJV1611 - Moderne engelsk

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

• King James Version 1611 (Original)

  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.

• Norsk oversettelse av Webster

  Fordi det var forberedelsesdag, slik at ikke kroppene skulle bli hengende på korset på sabbaten – for den sabbaten var en stor dag – ba jødene Pilatus om at benene deres måtte brytes og at de måtte tas ned.

• Norsk oversettelse av Youngs Literal Translation

  Jødene ba derfor Pilatus om at benene måtte bli brutt og kroppene tatt ned, siden det var forberedelsesdagen, for den sabbaten var en stor dag.

• Norsk oversettelse av ASV1901

  Siden det var forberedelsesdag, og likene ikke skulle bli hengende på korset over sabbaten—denne sabbaten var en stor høytidsdag—ba jødene Pilatus om at bena deres måtte brytes og likene tas ned.

• Norsk oversettelse av BBE

  Det var forberedelsesdagen, for at kroppene ikke skulle bli hengende på korset på sabbaten, ba jødene Pilatus om at deres ben skulle knuses, og at de skulle bli tatt bort.

• Tyndale Bible (1526/1534)

  The Iewes then because it was the saboth eve that ye bodyes shuld not remayne apon ye crosse on ye saboth daye (for that saboth daye was an hye daye) besought Pylate that their legges myght be broken and that they myght be taken doune.

• Coverdale Bible (1535)

  The Iewes then, for so moch as it was the daye of preparinge, that ye bodies shulde not remayne vpon the crosse on the Sabbath, (for ye same Sabbath daye was greate) besought Pilate, that their legges might be broken, and that they might be taken downe.

• Geneva Bible (1560)

  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.

• Bishops' Bible (1568)

  The Iewes therefore, because it was the preparyng of the Sabboth that the bodyes should not remaine vpo ye crosse on the Sabboth day (for that Sabboth day, was an hye day) besought Pilate that their legges myght be broken, and that they myght be taken downe.

• Authorized King James Version (1611)

  ¶ 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.

• Webster's Bible (1833)

  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.

• Young's Literal Translation (1862/1898)

  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.

• American Standard Version (1901)

  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.

• Bible in Basic English (1941)

  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.

• World English Bible (2000)

  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.

• NET Bible® (New English Translation)

  Then, because it was the day of preparation, so that the bodies should not stay on the crosses on the Sabbath(for that Sabbath was an especially important one), the Jewish leaders asked Pilate to have the victims’ legs broken and the bodies taken down.

Referenced Verses

• John 19:14 : 14 It was the day of Preparation for the Passover, about the sixth hour. He said to the Jews, "Here is your king!"
• John 19:42 : 42 Because it was the Jewish day of Preparation and since the tomb was nearby, they laid Jesus there.
• Deut 21:22-23 : 22 If a man guilty of a capital offense is put to death and you hang his body on a tree, 23 you must not leave his body on the tree overnight. Be sure to bury him that same day, because anyone who is hung on a tree is under God’s curse. You must not defile the land the LORD your God is giving you as an inheritance.
• Josh 8:29 : 29 He hanged the king of Ai on a tree until evening. At sunset, Joshua gave the command, and they took his body down from the tree, threw it at the entrance of the city gate, and piled over it a large heap of stones, which remains to this day.
• Mark 15:42 : 42 When it was already evening, because it was Preparation Day (that is, the day before the Sabbath),
• John 19:1 : 1 Then Pilate took Jesus and had him flogged.
• Exod 12:16 : 16 On the first day you shall hold a sacred assembly, and on the seventh day also a sacred assembly. No work shall be done on those days, except what each person must eat—that alone may be prepared by you.
• Lev 23:7-9 : 7 On the first day, hold a holy assembly; you must not do any regular work. 8 For seven days you are to present a fire offering to the Lord. On the seventh day, hold a holy assembly; you must not do any regular work. 9 The Lord spoke to Moses, saying: 10 Speak to the Israelites and tell them: When you enter the land that I am giving you and you harvest its crops, you must bring the first sheaf of your harvest to the priest. 11 The priest will wave the sheaf before the Lord to be accepted on your behalf; he is to wave it on the day after the Sabbath. 12 On the day you wave the sheaf, you are to offer a year-old lamb without defect as a burnt offering to the Lord. 13 Together with its grain offering of two-tenths of an ephah of the finest flour mixed with oil as a fire offering to the Lord—a pleasing aroma—and its drink offering of a quarter of a hin of wine. 14 You must not eat bread, roasted grain, or fresh grain until the very day you bring this offering to your God. This is a perpetual statute for your generations in all your dwellings. 15 You shall count for yourselves from the day after the Sabbath, from the day you brought the sheaf of the wave offering, seven full weeks shall be counted. 16 Until the day after the seventh Sabbath, you shall count fifty days; then you shall present a new grain offering to the Lord.
• Josh 10:26-27 : 26 After this, Joshua struck them down and put them to death. He hanged them on five trees, and they were left hanging on the trees until evening. 27 At sunset, Joshua ordered them to be taken down from the trees and thrown into the cave where they had hidden. Large stones were placed over the opening of the cave, which remain there to this day.
• Prov 12:10 : 10 The righteous care for the needs of their animals, but the kindest acts of the wicked are cruel.
• Mic 3:3 : 3 You eat the flesh of my people, strip off their skin, break their bones, and chop them up like meat for the pot, like flesh in a cauldron.
• Matt 27:62 : 62 The next day, which followed the day of preparation, the chief priests and the Pharisees gathered before Pilate.