John 19:31

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.

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  • John 19:14 : 14 Now it was the Preparation of the passover: it was about the sixth hour. And he saith unto the Jews, Behold, your King!
  • John 19:42 : 42 There then because of the Jews' Preparation (for the tomb was nigh at hand) they laid Jesus.
  • Deut 21:22-23 : 22 And if a man have committed a sin worthy of death, and he be put to death, and thou hang him on a tree; 23 his body shall not remain all night upon the tree, but thou shalt surely bury him the same day; for he that is hanged is accursed of God; that thou defile not thy land which Jehovah thy God giveth thee for an inheritance.
  • Josh 8:29 : 29 And the king of Ai he hanged on a tree until the eventide: and at the going down of the sun Joshua commanded, and they took his body down from the tree, and cast it at the entrance of the gate of the city, and raised thereon a great heap of stones, unto this day.
  • Mark 15:42 : 42 And when even was now come, because it was the Preparation, that is, the day before the sabbath,
  • John 19:1 : 1 Then Pilate therefore took Jesus, and scourged him.
  • Exod 12:16 : 16 And in the first day there shall be to you a holy convocation, and in the seventh day a holy convocation; no manner of work shall be done in them, save that which every man must eat, that only may be done by you.
  • Lev 23:7-9 : 7 In the first day ye shall have a holy convocation: ye shall do no servile work. 8 But ye shall offer an offering made by fire unto Jehovah seven days: in the seventh day is a holy convocation; ye shall do no servile work. 9 And Jehovah spake unto Moses, saying, 10 Speak unto the children of Israel, and say unto them, When ye are come into the land which I give unto you, and shall reap the harvest thereof, then ye shall bring the sheaf of the first-fruits of your harvest unto the priest: 11 and he shall wave the sheaf before Jehovah, to be accepted for you: on the morrow after the sabbath the priest shall wave it. 12 And in the day when ye wave the sheaf, ye shall offer a he-lamb without blemish a year old for a burnt-offering unto Jehovah. 13 And the meal-offering thereof shall be two tenth parts [of an ephah] of fine flour mingled with oil, an offering made by fire unto Jehovah for a sweet savor; and the drink-offering thereof shall be of wine, the fourth part of a hin. 14 And ye shall eat neither bread, nor parched grain, nor fresh ears, until this selfsame day, until ye have brought the oblation of your God: it is a statute for ever throughout your generations in all your dwellings. 15 And ye shall count unto you from the morrow after the sabbath, from the day that ye brought the sheaf of the wave-offering; seven sabbaths shall there be complete: 16 even unto the morrow after the seventh sabbath shall ye number fifty days; and ye shall offer a new meal-offering unto Jehovah.
  • Josh 10:26-27 : 26 And afterward Joshua smote them, and put them to death, and hanged them on five trees: and they were hanging upon the trees until the evening. 27 And it came to pass at the time of the going down of the sun, that Joshua commanded, and they took them down off the trees, and cast them into the cave wherein they had hidden themselves, and laid great stones on the mouth of the cave, unto this very day.
  • Prov 12:10 : 10 A righteous man regardeth the life of his beast; But the tender mercies of the wicked are cruel.
  • Mic 3:3 : 3 who also eat the flesh of my people, and flay their skin from off them, and break their bones, and chop them in pieces, as for the pot, and as flesh within the caldron.
  • Matt 27:62 : 62 Now on the morrow, which is [the day] after the Preparation, the chief priests and the Pharisees were gathered together unto Pilate,

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    32 The soldiers therefore came, and brake the legs of the first, and of the other that was crucified with him:

    33 but when they came to Jesus, and saw that he was dead already, they brake not his legs:

  • 42 There then because of the Jews' Preparation (for the tomb was nigh at hand) they laid Jesus.

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    36 For these things came to pass, that the scripture might be fulfilled, A bone of him shall not be broken.

    37 And again another scripture saith, They shall look on him whom they pierced.

    38 And after these things Joseph of Arimathaea, being a disciple of Jesus, but secretly for fear of the Jews, asked of Pilate that he might take away the body of Jesus: and Pilate gave [him] leave. He came therefore, and took away his body.

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    52 this man went to Pilate, and asked for the body of Jesus.

    53 And he took it down, and wrapped it in a linen cloth, and laid him in a tomb that was hewn in stone, where never man had yet lain.

    54 And it was the day of the Preparation, and the sabbath drew on.

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    42 And when even was now come, because it was the Preparation, that is, the day before the sabbath,

    43 there came Joseph of Arimathaea, a councillor of honorable estate, who also himself was looking for the kingdom of God; and he boldly went in unto Pilate, and asked for the body of Jesus.

    44 And Pilate marvelled if he were already dead: and calling unto him the centurion, he asked him whether he had been any while dead.

    45 And when he learned it of the centurion, he granted the corpse to Joseph.

    46 And he bought a linen cloth, and taking him down, wound him in the linen cloth, and laid him in a tomb which had been hewn out of a rock; and he rolled a stone against the door of the tomb.

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    62 Now on the morrow, which is [the day] after the Preparation, the chief priests and the Pharisees were gathered together unto Pilate,

    63 saying, Sir, we remember that that deceiver said while he was yet alive, After three days I rise again.

    64 Command therefore that the sepulchre be made sure until the third day, lest haply his disciples come and steal him away, and say unto the people, He is risen from the dead: and the last error will be worse than the first.

  • 30 When Jesus therefore had received the vinegar, he said, It is finished: and he bowed his head, and gave up his spirit.

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    58 this man went to Pilate, and asked for the body of Jesus. Then Pilate commanded it to be given up.

    59 And Joseph took the body, and wrapped it in a clean linen cloth,

  • 40 So they took the body of Jesus, and bound it in linen cloths with the spices, as the custom of the Jews is to bury.

  • 16 And for this cause the Jews persecuted Jesus, because he did these things on the sabbath.

  • 14 Now it was the Preparation of the passover: it was about the sixth hour. And he saith unto the Jews, Behold, your King!

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    28 And though they found no cause of death [in him], yet asked they of Pilate that he should be slain.

    29 And when they had fulfilled all things that were written of him, they took him down from the tree, and laid him in a tomb.

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    18 where they crucified him, and with him two others, on either side one, and Jesus in the midst.

    19 And Pilate wrote a title also, and put it on the cross. And there was written, JESUS OF NAZARETH, THE KING OF THE JEWS.

    20 This title therefore read many of the Jews, for the place where Jesus was crucified was nigh to the city; and it was written in Hebrew, [and] in Latin, [and] in Greek.

    21 The chief priests of the Jews therefore said to Pilate, Write not, The King of the Jews; but that he said, I am King of the Jews.

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    31 Pilate therefore said unto them, Take him yourselves, and judge him according to your law. The Jews said unto him, It is not lawful for us to put any man to death:

    32 that the word of Jesus might be fulfilled, which he spake, signifying by what manner of death he should die.

  • 16 Then therefore he delivered him unto them to be crucified.

  • 32 Let the Christ, the King of Israel, now come down from the cross, that we may see and believe. And they that were crucified with him reproached him.

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    9 And straightway the man was made whole, and took up his bed and walked. Now it was the sabbath on that day.

    10 So the Jews said unto him that was cured, It is the sabbath, and it is not lawful for thee to take up thy bed.

  • 12 they shall leave none of it unto the morning, nor break a bone thereof: according to all the statute of the passover they shall keep it.

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    23 The soldiers therefore, when they had crucified Jesus, took his garments and made four parts, to every soldier a part; and also the coat: now the coat was without seam, woven from the top throughout.

    24 They said therefore one to another, Let us not rend it, but cast lots for it, whose it shall be: that the scripture might be fulfilled, which saith, They parted my garments among them, And upon my vesture did they cast lots.

  • 29 And they that passed by railed on him, wagging their heads, and saying, Ha! Thou that destroyest the temple, and buildest it in three days,

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    24 And they crucify him, and part his garments among them, casting lots upon them, what each should take.

    25 And it was the third hour, and they crucified him.

  • 1 And straightway in the morning the chief priests with the elders and scribes, and the whole council, held a consultation, and bound Jesus, and carried him away, and delivered him up to Pilate.

  • 20 and how the chief priests and our rulers delivered him up to be condemned to death, and crucified him.

  • 56 And they returned, and prepared spices and ointments. And on the sabbath they rested according to the commandment.

  • 1 Now after two days was [the feast of] the passover and the unleavened bread: and the chief priests and the scribes sought how they might take him with subtlety, and kill him:

  • 40 and saying, Thou that destroyest the temple, and buildest it in three days, save thyself: if thou art the Son of God, come down from the cross.

  • 7 And the day of unleavened bread came, on which the passover must be sacrificed.

  • 39 But ye have a custom, that I should release unto you one at the passover: will ye therefore that I release unto you the King of the Jews?

  • 7 The Jews answered him, We have a law, and by that law he ought to die, because he made himself the Son of God.

  • 19 and shall deliver him unto the Gentiles to mock, and to scourge, and to crucify: and the third day he shall be raised up.