John 19:31

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.

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  • John 19:14 : 14 And it was the Preparation of the Passeouer, and about the sixt houre: and hee sayde vnto the Iewes, Beholde your King.
  • John 19:42 : 42 There then laide they Iesus, because of the Iewes Preparation day, for the sepulchre was neere.
  • Deut 21:22-23 : 22 If a man also haue committed a trespasse worthy of death, and is put to death, & thou hangest him on a tree, 23 His body shal not remaine all night vpon the tree, but thou shalt bury him the same day: for the curse of God is on him that is hanged. Defile not therfore thy land which the Lord thy God giueth thee to inherite.
  • Josh 8:29 : 29 And the King of Ai hee hanged on a tree, vnto the euening; as soone as the sunne was down, Ioshua commanded that they should take his carkeis downe from the tree, and cast it at the entring of ye gate of the city, & lay thereon a great heape of stones, that remaineth vnto this day.
  • Mark 15:42 : 42 And nowe when the night was come (because it was the day of the preparation that is before the Sabbath)
  • John 19:1 : 1 Then Pilate tooke Iesus & scourged him.
  • Exod 12:16 : 16 And in the first day shalbe an holie assemblie: also in the seuenth day shalbe an holy assemblie vnto you: no worke shalbe done in them, saue about that which euery man must eate: that onely may ye do.
  • Lev 23:7-9 : 7 In the first day yee shall haue an holy conuocation: ye shal do no seruile worke therein. 8 Also ye shall offer sacrifice made by fire vnto the Lord seuen daies, and in the seuenth day shalbe an holie conuocation: ye shall do no seruile worke therein. 9 And the Lord spake vnto Moses, saying, 10 Speake vnto the children of Israel, and say vnto them, When ye be come into ye land which I giue vnto you, and reape the haruest thereof, then ye shal bring a sheafe of the first fruites of your haruest vnto the Priest, 11 And hee shall shake the sheafe before the Lord, that it may be acceptable for you: the morowe after the Sabbath, the Priest shall shake it. 12 And that day when yee shake the sheafe, shall yee prepare a lambe without blemish of a yeere olde, for a burnt offring vnto the Lord: 13 And the meate offring thereof shalbe two tenth deales of fine floure mingled with oyle, for a sacrifice made by fire vnto ye Lord of sweete sauour; the drinke offring thereof the fourth part of an Hin of wine. 14 And ye shal eat neither bread nor parched corne, nor greene eares vntill the selfe same day that ye haue brought an offring vnto your God: this shalbe a lawe for euer in your generations and in all your dwellings. 15 Ye shall count also to you from the morowe after the Sabbath, euen from the day that yee shall bring the sheafe of the shake offring, seuen Sabbaths, they shalbe complete. 16 Vnto ye morow after the seuenth Sabbath shall ye nomber fiftie dayes: then yee shall bring a newe meate offring vnto the Lord.
  • Josh 10:26-27 : 26 So then Ioshua 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 going downe of the sunne, Ioshua gaue commaundement, that they should take them downe off the trees, and cast them into the caue (wherein they had bene hid) and they layde great stones vpon the caues mouth, which remaine vntill this day.
  • Prov 12:10 : 10 A righteous man regardeth the life of his beast: but the mercies of the wicked are cruell.
  • Mic 3:3 : 3 And they eate also the flesh of my people, & flay off their skinne from them, & they breake their bones, and chop them in pieces, as for the pot, and as flesh within the caldron.
  • Matt 27:62 : 62 Nowe the next day that followed the Preparation of the Sabbath, the hie Priestes and Pharises assembled to Pilate,

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  • John 19:32-33
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    32Then came the souldiers and brake the legges of the first, and of the other, which was crucified with Iesus.

    33But when they came to Iesus, and saw that he was dead alreadie, they brake not his legges.

  • John 19:42
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    42There then laide they Iesus, because of the Iewes Preparation day, for the sepulchre was neere.

  • John 19:36-38
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    36For these things were done, that the Scripture shoulde be fulfilled, Not a bone of him shalbe broken.

    37And againe an other Scripture saith, They shall see him whom they haue thrust through.

    38And after these things, Ioseph of Arimathea (who was a disciple of Iesus, but secretly for feare of the Iewes) besought Pilate that he might take downe the bodie of Iesus; Pilate gaue him licence. He came then and tooke Iesus body.

  • Luke 23:52-54
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    52He went vnto Pilate, and asked the body of Iesus,

    53And tooke it downe, & wrapped it in a linnen cloth, and laide it in a tombe hewen out of a rocke, wherein was neuer man yet laide.

    54And that day was the preparation, and the Sabbath drewe on.

  • Mark 15:42-46
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    42And nowe when the night was come (because it was the day of the preparation that is before the Sabbath)

    43Ioseph of Arimathea, an honorable counsellour, which also looked for the kingdome of God, came, and went in boldly vnto Pilate, and asked the body of Iesus.

    44And Pilate marueiled, if he were already dead, and called vnto him the Centurion, and asked of him whether he had bene any while dead.

    45And when he knewe the trueth of the Centurion, he gaue the body to Ioseph:

    46Who bought a linnen cloth, & tooke him downe, and wrapped him in the linnen cloth, and laide him in a tombe that was hewen out of a rocke, and rolled a stone vnto the doore of the sepulchre:

  • Matt 27:62-64
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    62Nowe the next day that followed the Preparation of the Sabbath, the hie Priestes and Pharises assembled to Pilate,

    63And said, Syr, we remember that that deceiuer saide, while he was yet aliue, Within three dayes I will rise.

    64Command therefore, that the sepulchre be made sure vntill the third day, lest his disciples come by night, and steale him away, and say vnto the people, He is risen from the dead: so shall the last errour be worse then the first.

  • John 19:30
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    30Nowe when Iesus had receiued of the vineger, he saide, It is finished, and bowed his head, and gaue vp the ghost.

  • Matt 27:58-59
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    58He went to Pilate, & asked ye body of Iesus. Then Pilate commanded ye body to be deliuered.

    59So Ioseph tooke the body, and wrapped it in a cleane linnen cloth,

  • John 19:40
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    40Then tooke they the body of Iesus, and wrapped it in linnen clothes with the odours, as the maner of the Iewes is to burie.

  • John 5:16
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    16And therefore the Iewes did persecute Iesus, and sought to slay him, because he had done these things on the Sabbath day.

  • John 19:14
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    14And it was the Preparation of the Passeouer, and about the sixt houre: and hee sayde vnto the Iewes, Beholde your King.

  • Acts 13:28-29
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    28And though they found no cause of death in him, yet desired they Pilate to kill him.

    29And when they had fulfilled all things that were written of him, they tooke him downe from the tree, and put him in a sepulchre.

  • John 19:18-21
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    18Where they crucified him, and two other with him, on either side one, and Iesus in the middes.

    19And Pilate wrote also a title, and put it on the crosse, and it was written, Iesvs Of Nazareth The King Of The Iewes.

    20This title then read many of the Iewes: for the place where Iesus was crucified, was neere to the citie: and it was written in Hebrewe, Greeke and Latine.

    21Then saide the hie Priests of the Iewes to Pilate, Write not, The King of the Iewes, but that he sayd, I am King of the Iewes.

  • John 18:31-32
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    31Then sayde Pilate vnto them, Take yee him, and iudge him after your owne Lawe. Then the Iewes sayde vnto him, It is not lawfull for vs to put any man to death.

    32It was that the worde of Iesus might be fulfilled which he spake, signifying what death he should die.

  • John 19:16
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    16Then deliuered he him vnto them, to be crucified. And they tooke Iesus, and led him away.

  • Mark 15:32
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    32Let Christ the King of Israel nowe come downe from the crosse, that we may see, and beleeue. They also that were crucified with him, reuiled him.

  • John 5:9-10
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    9And immediately the man was made whole, and tooke vp his bed, and walked: and the same day was the Sabbath.

    10The Iewes therefore said to him that was made whole, It is the Sabbath day: it is not lawfull for thee to cary thy bed.

  • Num 9:12
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    12They shall leaue none of it vnto the morning, nor breake any bone of it: according to all the ordinance of the Passeouer shall they keepe it.

  • John 19:23-24
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    23Then the souldiers, when they had crucified Iesus, tooke his garments (and made foure partes, to euery souldier a part) and his coat: and the coat was without seame wouen from the toppe throughout.

    24Therefore they sayde one to another, Let vs not deuide it, but cast lots for it, whose it shall be. This was that the Scripture might be fulfilled, which sayth, They parted my garments among them, and on my coate did cast lots. So the souldiers did these things in deede.

  • Mark 15:29
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    29And they that went by, railed on him, wagging their heads, and saying, Hey, thou that destroyest the Temple, & buildest it in three dayes,

  • Mark 15:24-25
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    24And when they had crucified him, they parted his garments, casting lots for them, what euery man should haue.

    25And it was the third houre, when they crucified him.

  • Mark 15:1
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    1And anon in the dawning, the hie Priestes helde a Councill with the Elders, and the Scribes, and the whole Council, and bound Iesus, and led him away, and deliuered him to Pilate.

  • Luke 24:20
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    20And howe the hie Priests, and our rulers deliuered him to be condemned to death, and haue crucified him.

  • Luke 23:56
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    56And they returned and prepared odours, and ointments, and rested the Sabbath day according to the commandement.

  • Mark 14:1
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    1And two daies after followed the feast of the Passeouer, and of vnleauened bread: and the hie Priests, & Scribes sought how they might take him by craft, and put him to death.

  • Matt 27:40
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    40And saying, Thou that destroyest ye Temple, & buildest it in three dayes, saue thy selfe: if thou be ye Sonne of God, come downe fro ye crosse.

  • Luke 22:7
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    7Then came the day of vnleauened bread, when the Passeouer must be sacrificed.

  • John 18:39
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    39But you haue a custome, that I shoulde deliuer you one loose at the Passeouer: will yee then that I loose vnto you the King of ye Iewes?

  • John 19:7
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    7The Iewes answered him, We haue a lawe, and by our law he ought to die, because he made himselfe the Sonne of God.

  • Matt 20:19
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    19And shall deliuer him to the Gentiles, to mocke, and to scourge, and to crucifie him, but the thrde day he shall rise againe.