John 19:31

Linguistic Bible Translation from Source Texts

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.

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Other Translations

  • 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.

  • KJV1611 – Modern English

    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.

  • 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.

  • 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.

Similar Verses (AI)

These verses are found using AI-powered semantic similarity based on meaning and context. Results may occasionally include unexpected connections.

  • 85%

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

    33But when they came to Jesus and saw that he was already dead, they did not break his legs.

  • 42Because it was the Jewish day of Preparation and since the tomb was nearby, they laid Jesus there.

  • 76%

    36These things happened so that the Scripture would be fulfilled: 'Not one of his bones will be broken.'

    37And again another Scripture says, 'They will look on the one they have pierced.'

    38After this, Joseph of Arimathea, who was a disciple of Jesus but kept it secret because of fear of the Jews, asked Pilate for permission to take the body of Jesus. Pilate gave him permission, so he came and took the body.

  • 75%

    52He went to Pilate and asked for the body of Jesus.

    53Then he took it down, wrapped it in linen cloth, and placed it in a tomb cut out of rock, where no one had yet been laid.

    54It was the Preparation Day, and the Sabbath was about to begin.

  • 74%

    42When it was already evening, because it was Preparation Day (that is, the day before the Sabbath),

    43Joseph of Arimathea, a prominent member of the council, who was waiting for the kingdom of God, boldly went to Pilate and asked for Jesus’ body.

    44Pilate was amazed that He was already dead. Summoning the centurion, he asked him if Jesus had already died.

    45When he learned from the centurion that it was so, he granted the body to Joseph.

    46Joseph bought a linen cloth, took Jesus down, wrapped Him in the linen cloth, and laid Him in a tomb that had been cut out of rock. Then he rolled a stone against the entrance of the tomb.

  • 73%

    62The next day, which followed the day of preparation, the chief priests and the Pharisees gathered before Pilate.

    63They said, 'Sir, we remember that while He was still alive, that deceiver said, "After three days I will rise again."'

    64'So order the tomb to be made secure until the third day, or else His disciples may come and steal Him away, and tell the people, "He has been raised from the dead." This last deception would be worse than the first.'

  • 30When Jesus had received the sour wine, he said, "It is finished." Then he bowed his head and gave up his spirit.

  • 72%

    58He went to Pilate and asked for the body of Jesus. Then Pilate ordered it to be handed over to him.

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

  • 40Taking the body of Jesus, they wrapped it in linen cloths along with the spices, as is the Jewish burial custom.

  • 16Because of this, the Jews began to persecute Jesus and tried to kill Him, because He was doing these things on the Sabbath.

  • 14It was the day of Preparation for the Passover, about the sixth hour. He said to the Jews, "Here is your king!"

  • 71%

    28Though they found no basis for a death sentence, they asked Pilate to have Him executed.

    29When they had fulfilled all that was written about Him, they took Him down from the cross and laid Him in a tomb.

  • 71%

    18There they crucified him, and with him two others—one on each side, with Jesus in the middle.

    19Pilate also had a sign written and put on the cross; it read, "Jesus of Nazareth, the King of the Jews."

    20Many 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.

    21The chief priests of the Jews said to Pilate, "Do not write, 'The King of the Jews,' but that this man said, 'I am the King of the Jews.'"

  • 71%

    31Pilate told them, 'Take him yourselves and judge him by your own law.' 'It’s not lawful for us to put anyone to death,' the Jewish leaders replied.

    32This was to fulfill the word that Jesus had spoken, indicating the kind of death he was going to die.

  • 16So then he handed him over to them to be crucified. So they took Jesus and led him away.

  • 32'Let the Christ, the King of Israel, come down now from the cross, so that we may see and believe!' Even those who were crucified with Him also insulted Him.

  • John 5:9-10
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    70%

    9Immediately, the man was made well; he picked up his mat and began to walk. Now that day was the Sabbath.

    10So the Jewish leaders said to the man who had been healed, 'It is the Sabbath; it is not lawful for you to carry your mat.'

  • 12They shall leave none of it until morning, nor break any of its bones. They shall observe it according to all the statutes of the Passover.

  • 70%

    23When the soldiers had crucified Jesus, they took his garments and divided them into four parts, one for each soldier. They also took the tunic, which was seamless, woven from top to bottom.

    24So they said to one another, "Let us not tear it, but cast lots to decide whose it shall be." This happened so that the Scripture might be fulfilled that says, "They divided my garments among themselves, and for my clothing they cast lots." So this is what the soldiers did.

  • 29Those who passed by were hurling insults at Him, shaking their heads and saying, 'Aha! You who would destroy the temple and rebuild it in three days,

  • 69%

    24Then they nailed Him to the cross. They divided His garments by casting lots to decide what each one would take.

    25It was nine in the morning when they crucified Him.

  • 1At once, early in the morning, the chief priests, along with the elders, scribes, and the entire council, held a consultation. They bound Jesus, led Him away, and handed Him over to Pilate.

  • 20The chief priests and our rulers handed him over to be sentenced to death, and they crucified him.

  • 56Then they went home and prepared spices and perfumes. But they rested on the Sabbath according to the commandment.

  • 1Now the Passover and the Festival of Unleavened Bread were just two days away, and the chief priests and the scribes were looking for a way to arrest him by deceit and kill him.

  • 40'You who would destroy the temple and rebuild it in three days, save Yourself! If You are the Son of God, come down from the cross!'

  • 7Then the day of Unleavened Bread came, on which the Passover lamb was to be sacrificed.

  • 39'But it is your custom that I release one prisoner to you at the time of the Passover. Do you want me to release the King of the Jews?'

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

  • 19And they will hand him over to the Gentiles to mock, to flog, and to crucify him; and on the third day, he will rise again.