John 19:31

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.

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  • John 19:14 : 14 (Now it was the day of preparation for the Passover, about noon.) Pilate said to the Jewish leaders,“Look, here is your king!”
  • John 19:42 : 42 And so, because it was the Jewish day of preparation and the tomb was nearby, they placed Jesus’ body there.
  • Deut 21:22-23 : 22 Disposition of a Criminal’s Remains If a person commits a sin punishable by death and is executed, and you hang the corpse on a tree, 23 his body must not remain all night on the tree; instead you must make certain you bury him that same day, for the one who is left exposed on a tree is cursed by God. You must not defile your land which the LORD your God is giving you as an inheritance.
  • Josh 8:29 : 29 He hung the king of Ai on a tree, leaving him exposed until evening. At sunset Joshua ordered that his corpse be taken down from the tree. They threw it down at the entrance of the city gate and erected over it a large pile of stones(it remains to this very day).
  • Mark 15:42 : 42 Jesus’ Burial Now when evening had already come, since it was the day of preparation(that is, the day before the Sabbath),
  • John 19:1 : 1 Pilate Tries to Release Jesus Then Pilate took Jesus and had him flogged severely.
  • Exod 12:16 : 16 On the first day there will be a holy convocation, and on the seventh day there will be a holy convocation for you. You must do no work of any kind on them, only what every person will eat– that alone may be prepared for you.
  • Lev 23:7-9 : 7 On the first day there will be a holy assembly for you; you must not do any regular work. 8 You must present a gift to the LORD for seven days, and the seventh day is a holy assembly; you must not do any regular work.’” 9 The Presentation of First Fruits The LORD spoke to Moses: 10 “Speak to the Israelites and tell them,‘When you enter the land that I am about to give to you and you gather in its harvest, then you must bring the sheaf of the first portion of your harvest to the priest, 11 and he must wave the sheaf before the LORD to be accepted for your benefit– on the day after the Sabbath the priest is to wave it. 12 On the day you wave the sheaf you must also offer a flawless yearling lamb for a burnt offering to the LORD, 13 along with its grain offering, two tenths of an ephah of choice wheat flour mixed with olive oil, as a gift to the LORD, a soothing aroma, and its drink offering, one fourth of a hin of wine. 14 You must not eat bread, roasted grain, or fresh grain until this very day, until you bring the offering of your God. This is a perpetual statute throughout your generations in all the places where you live. 15 The Festival of Weeks“‘You must count for yourselves seven weeks from the day after the Sabbath, from the day you bring the wave offering sheaf; they must be complete weeks. 16 You must count fifty days– until the day after the seventh Sabbath– and then you must present a new grain offering to the LORD.
  • Josh 10:26-27 : 26 Then Joshua executed them and hung them on five trees. They were left hanging on the trees until evening. 27 At sunset Joshua ordered his men to take them down from the trees. They threw them into the cave where they had hidden and piled large stones over the mouth of the cave.(They remain to this very day.)
  • Prov 12:10 : 10 A righteous person cares for the life of his animal, but even the most compassionate acts of the wicked are cruel.
  • Mic 3:3 : 3 You devour my people’s flesh, strip off their skin, and crush their bones. You chop them up like flesh in a pot– like meat in a kettle.
  • Matt 27:62 : 62 The Guard at the Tomb The next day(which is after the day of preparation) the chief priests and the Pharisees assembled before Pilate

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  • John 19:32-33
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    32So the soldiers came and broke the legs of the two men who had been crucified with Jesus, first the one and then the other.

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

  • John 19:42
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    42And so, because it was the Jewish day of preparation and the tomb was nearby, they placed Jesus’ body there.

  • John 19:36-38
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    36For these things happened so that the scripture would be fulfilled,“Not a bone of his will be broken.”

    37And again another scripture says,“They will look on the one whom they have pierced.”

    38Jesus’ Burial After this, Joseph of Arimathea, a disciple of Jesus(but secretly, because he feared the Jewish leaders), asked Pilate if he could remove the body of Jesus. Pilate gave him permission, so he went and took the body away.

  • Luke 23:52-54
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    52He went to Pilate and asked for the body of Jesus.

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

    54It was the day of preparation and the Sabbath was beginning.

  • Mark 15:42-46
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    42Jesus’ Burial Now when evening had already come, since it was the day of preparation(that is, the day before the Sabbath),

    43Joseph of Arimathea, a highly regarded member of the council, who was himself looking forward to the kingdom of God, went boldly to Pilate and asked for the body of Jesus.

    44Pilate was surprised that he was already dead. He called the centurion and asked him if he had been dead for some time.

    45When Pilate was informed by the centurion, he gave the body to Joseph.

    46After Joseph bought a linen cloth and took down the body, he wrapped it in the linen and placed it in a tomb cut out of the rock. Then he rolled a stone across the entrance of the tomb.

  • Matt 27:62-64
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    62The Guard at the Tomb The next day(which is after the day of preparation) the chief priests and the Pharisees assembled before Pilate

    63and said,“Sir, we remember that while that deceiver was still alive he said,‘After three days I will rise again.’

    64So give orders to secure the tomb until the third day. Otherwise his disciples may come and steal his body and say to the people,‘He has been raised from the dead,’ and the last deception will be worse than the first.”

  • John 19:30
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    30When he had received the sour wine, Jesus said,“It is completed!” Then he bowed his head and gave up his spirit.

  • Matt 27:58-59
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    58He went to Pilate and asked for the body of Jesus. Then Pilate ordered that it be given to him.

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

  • John 19:40
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    40Then they took Jesus’ body and wrapped it, with the aromatic spices, in strips of linen cloth according to Jewish burial customs.

  • John 5:16
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    16Responding to Jewish Leaders Now because Jesus was doing these things on the Sabbath, the Jewish leaders began persecuting him.

  • John 19:14
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    14(Now it was the day of preparation for the Passover, about noon.) Pilate said to the Jewish leaders,“Look, here is your king!”

  • Acts 13:28-29
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    28Though they found no basis for a death sentence, they asked Pilate to have him executed.

    29When they had accomplished everything that was written about him, they took him down from the cross and placed him in a tomb.

  • John 19:18-21
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    18There they crucified him along with two others, one on each side, with Jesus in the middle.

    19Pilate also had a notice written and fastened to the cross, which read:“Jesus the Nazarene, the king of the Jews.”

    20Thus many of the Jewish residents of Jerusalem read this notice, because the place where Jesus was crucified was near the city, and the notice was written in Aramaic, Latin, and Greek.

    21Then the chief priests of the Jews said to Pilate,“Do not write,‘The king of the Jews,’ but rather,‘This man said, I am king of the Jews.’”

  • John 18:31-32
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    31Pilate told them,“Take him yourselves and pass judgment on him according to your own law!” The Jewish leaders replied,“We cannot legally put anyone to death.”

    32(This happened to fulfill the word Jesus had spoken when he indicated what kind of death he was going to die.)

  • John 19:16
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    16Then Pilate handed him over to them to be crucified.The CrucifixionSo they took Jesus,

  • Mark 15:32
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    32Let the Christ, the king of Israel, come down from the cross now, that we may see and believe!” Those who were crucified with him also spoke abusively to him.

  • John 5:9-10
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    9Immediately the man was healed, and he picked up his mat and started walking.(Now that day was a Sabbath.)

    10So the Jewish leaders said to the man who had been healed,“It is the Sabbath, and you are not permitted to carry your mat.”

  • Num 9:12
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    12They must not leave any of it until morning, nor break any of its bones; they must observe it in accordance with every statute of the Passover.

  • John 19:23-24
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    23Now when the soldiers crucified Jesus, they took his clothes and made four shares, one for each soldier, and the tunic remained.(Now the tunic was seamless, woven from top to bottom as a single piece.)

    24So the soldiers said to one another,“Let’s not tear it, but throw dice to see who will get it.” This took place to fulfill the scripture that says,“They divided my garments among them, and for my clothing they threw dice.” So the soldiers did these things.

  • Mark 15:29
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    29Those who passed by defamed him, shaking their heads and saying,“Aha! You who can destroy the temple and rebuild it in three days,

  • Mark 15:24-25
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    24Then they crucified him and divided his clothes, throwing dice for them, to decide what each would take.

    25It was nine o’clock in the morning when they crucified him.

  • Mark 15:1
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    1Jesus Brought Before Pilate Early in the morning, after forming a plan, the chief priests with the elders and the experts in the law and the whole Sanhedrin tied Jesus up, led him away, and handed him over to Pilate.

  • Luke 24:20
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    20and how our chief priests and leaders handed him over to be condemned to death, and crucified him.

  • Luke 23:56
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    56Then they returned and prepared aromatic spices and perfumes. On the Sabbath they rested according to the commandment.

  • Mark 14:1
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    1The Plot Against Jesus Two days before the Passover and the Feast of Unleavened Bread, the chief priests and the experts in the law were trying to find a way to arrest Jesus by stealth and kill him.

  • Matt 27:40
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    40and saying,“You who can destroy the temple and rebuild it in three days, save yourself! If you are God’s Son, come down from the cross!”

  • Luke 22:7
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    7The Passover Then the day for the feast of Unleavened Bread came, on which the Passover lamb had to be sacrificed.

  • John 18:39
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    39But it is your custom that I release one prisoner for you at the Passover. So do you want me to release for you the king of the Jews?”

  • John 19:7
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    7The Jewish leaders replied,“We have a law, and according to our law he ought to die, because he claimed to be the Son of God!”

  • Matt 20:19
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    19and will turn him over to the Gentiles to be mocked and flogged severely and crucified. Yet on the third day, he will be raised.”