Verse 42

Because it was the Jewish day of Preparation and since the tomb was nearby, they laid Jesus there.

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  • 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 19:31 : 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.
  • John 19:41 : 41 Now, there was a garden in the place where Jesus was crucified, and in the garden a new tomb in which no one had ever been laid.
  • Acts 13:29 : 29 When they had fulfilled all that was written about Him, they took Him down from the cross and laid Him in a tomb.
  • 1 Cor 15:4 : 4 that he was buried, that he was raised on the third day according to the Scriptures,
  • Col 2:12 : 12 Having been buried with him in baptism, you were also raised with him through your faith in the working of God, who raised him from the dead.
  • John 19:20 : 20 Many of the Jews read this sign, for the place where Jesus was crucified was near the city, and it was written in Aramaic, Latin, and Greek.
  • Ps 22:15 : 15 I am poured out like water, and all my bones are disjointed. My heart is like wax; it melts within me.
  • Isa 53:9 : 9 He was assigned a grave with the wicked, and with the rich in his death, though he had done no violence, nor was any deceit in his mouth.
  • Matt 12:40 : 40 For just as Jonah was in the belly of the great fish for three days and three nights, so the Son of Man will be in the heart of the earth for three days and three nights.