John 19:31

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.

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  • John 19:14 : 14 and it was the preparation of the passover, and as it were the sixth hour, and he saith to the Jews, `Lo, your king!'
  • John 19:42 : 42 there, therefore, because of the preparation of the Jews, because the tomb was nigh, they laid Jesus.
  • Deut 21:22-23 : 22 `And when there is in a man a sin -- a cause of death, and he hath been put to death, and thou hast hanged him on a tree, 23 his corpse doth not remain on the tree, for thou dost certainly bury him in that day -- for a thing lightly esteemed of God `is' the hanged one -- and thou dost not defile thy ground which Jehovah thy God is giving to thee -- an inheritance.
  • Josh 8:29 : 29 and the king of Ai he hath hanged on the tree till even-time, and at the going in of the sun hath Joshua commanded, and they take down his carcase from the tree, and cast it unto the opening of the gate of the city, and raise over it a great heap of stones till this day.
  • Mark 15:42 : 42 And now evening having come, seeing it was the preparation, that is, the fore-sabbath,
  • John 19:1 : 1 Then, therefore, did Pilate take Jesus and scourge `him',
  • Exod 12:16 : 16 `And in the first day `is' a holy convocation, and in the seventh day ye have a holy convocation; any work is not done in them, only that which is eaten by any person -- it alone is done by you,
  • Lev 23:7-9 : 7 on the first day ye have a holy convocation, ye do no servile work; 8 and ye have brought near a fire-offering to Jehovah seven days; in the seventh day `is' a holy convocation; ye do no servile work.' 9 And Jehovah speaketh unto Moses, saying, 10 `Speak unto the sons of Israel, and thou hast said unto them, When ye come in unto the land which I am giving to you, and have reaped its harvest, and have brought in the sheaf, the beginning of your harvest unto the priest, 11 then he hath waved the sheaf before Jehovah for your acceptance; on the morrow of the sabbath doth the priest wave it. 12 `And ye have prepared in the day of your waving the sheaf a lamb, a perfect one, a son of a year, for a burnt-offering to Jehovah, 13 and its present two tenth deals of flour mixed with oil, a fire-offering to Jehovah, a sweet fragrance, and its drink-offering, wine, a fourth of the hin. 14 `And bread and roasted corn and full ears ye do not eat until this self-same day, until your bringing in the offering of your God -- a statute age-during to your generations, in all your dwellings. 15 `And ye have numbered to you from the morrow of the sabbath, from the day of your bringing in the sheaf of the wave-offering: they are seven perfect sabbaths; 16 unto the morrow of the seventh sabbath ye do number fifty days, and ye have brought near a new present to Jehovah;
  • Josh 10:26-27 : 26 and Joshua smiteth them afterwards, and putteth them to death, and hangeth them on five trees; and they are hanging on the trees till the evening. 27 And it cometh to pass, at the time of the going in of the sun, Joshua hath commanded, and they take them down from off the trees, and cast them unto the cave where they had been hid, and put great stones on the mouth of the cave till this very day.
  • Prov 12:10 : 10 The righteous knoweth the life of his beast, And the mercies of the wicked `are' cruel.
  • Mic 3:3 : 3 And who have eaten the flesh of My people, And their skin from off them have stript, And their bones they have broken, And they have spread `them' out as in a pot, And as flesh in the midst of a caldron.
  • Matt 27:62 : 62 And on the morrow that is after the preparation, were gathered together the chief priests, and the Pharisees, unto Pilate,

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    32The soldiers, therefore, came, and of the first indeed they did break the legs, and of the other who was crucified with him,

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    42there, therefore, because of the preparation of the Jews, because the tomb was nigh, they laid Jesus.

  • John 19:36-38
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    36For these things came to pass, that the Writing may be fulfilled, `A bone of him shall not be broken;'

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  • Mark 15:42-46
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    42And now evening having come, seeing it was the preparation, that is, the fore-sabbath,

    43Joseph of Arimathea, an honourable counsellor, who also himself was waiting for the reign of God, came, boldly entered in unto Pilate, and asked the body of Jesus.

    44And Pilate wondered if he were already dead, and having called near the centurion, did question him if he were long dead,

    45and having known `it' from the centurion, he granted the body to Joseph.

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    62And on the morrow that is after the preparation, were gathered together the chief priests, and the Pharisees, unto Pilate,

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    58he having gone near to Pilate, asked for himself the body of Jesus; then Pilate commanded the body to be given back.

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    40They took, therefore, the body of Jesus, and bound it with linen clothes with the spices, according as it was the custom of the Jews to prepare for burial;

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    28and no cause of death having found, they did ask of Pilate that he should be slain,

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