Verse 31

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.

Referenced Verses

  • John 19:14 : 14 It was the preparyng of ye Passouer, and about the sixt houre: And he sayth vnto the Iewes, beholde your kyng.
  • John 19:42 : 42 There layde they Iesus therfore, because of the preparyng of the Sabboth of the Iewes: for the sepulchre was nie at hande.
  • Deut 21:22-23 : 22 If a man haue committed a trespasse worthy of death, and is put to death for it, and thou hangest hym on tree. 23 His body shall not remayne all nyght vpon the tree, but thou shalt bury hym the same day, for the curse of God is on hym that is hanged: Defile not thou thy lande which the Lorde thy God geueth thee to inherite.
  • Josh 8:29 : 29 And the king of Ai he hanged on a tree, vntill euen: And assoone as the sunne was downe, Iosuah commaunded that they should take ye carkasse downe of the tree, and cast it at the entring of the gate of the citie, and laye theron a great heape of stones, that remaineth vnto this day.
  • Mark 15:42 : 42 And nowe when the euen was come, (because it was the day of preparyng, that goeth before the Sabboth)
  • John 19:1 : 1 Then Pilate toke Iesus therfore, and scourged hym.
  • Exod 12:16 : 16 The first day shalbe a holy conuocation, and the seuenth day shalbe an holy conuocation vnto you: there shalbe no maner of worke done in the, saue about that only which euery man must eate, that only may ye do.
  • Lev 23:7-9 : 7 In the first day ye shall haue an holy conuocation: ye shal do no seruile worke therin. 8 But ye shall offer sacrifices made by fire vnto the Lorde throughout these seuen dayes: and in the seuenth day is an holy conuocation, ye shall do no seruile worke therin. 9 And the Lorde spake vnto Moyses, saying: 10 Speake vnto the children of Israel, and say vnto them: When ye be come into the lande which I geue vnto you, and reape downe the haruest therof, ye shall bryng a sheafe of the first fruites of your haruest vnto the priest: 11 Which shall waue the sheafe before the Lorde, to be accepted for you: and euen the morowe after the Sabboth the priest shall waue it. 12 And ye shall offer that day when ye waue the sheafe, an hee lambe without blemishe of a yere olde, for a burnt offeryng vnto the Lorde: 13 And the meate offeryng therof, shalbe made of two tenth deales of fine floure myngled with oyle, to be a sacrifice made by fire vnto the Lord for a sweete sauour: and the drynke offeryng therof shalbe of wine, euen the fourth deale of an hyn. 14 And ye shal eate neither bread nor parched corne, nor greene eares, vntyl ye selfe same day that ye haue brought an offering vnto your God: Let this be a lawe for euer in your generations, and in all your dwellynges. 15 And ye shall count vnto you from the morowe after the Sabboth, euen from the day that ye brought the sheafe of the waue offeryng, seuen Sabbothes they shalbe complet: 16 Euen vnto the morowe after ye seuenth Sabboth shall ye number fiftie dayes, and ye shall bryng a newe meate offeryng vnto the Lorde.
  • Josh 10:26-27 : 26 And then Iosuah smote them, and slewe them, and hanged them on fiue trees: And they hanged still vpon the trees vntill the euening. 27 And at the goyng downe of the sunne, Iosuah gaue commaundement: And they toke them downe of the trees, and cast them into the caue wherin they had ben hyd, and layed great stones in the caues mouth, which remayne vntil this daye.
  • Prov 12:10 : 10 A ryghteous man regardeth the lyfe of his cattell: but the vngodly haue cruell heartes.
  • Mic 3:3 : 3 And they eate also the fleshe of my people, & flay of their skinne from them: and they breake their bones, and chop them in peeces as for the pot, and as fleshe within the cauldron.
  • Matt 27:62 : 62 The next day that folowed the day of preparyng, the hye priestes and pharisees came together vnto Pilate,