It was the preparation day, and the Sabbath was about to begin.
Now on the next day, the day after the preparation, the chief priests and the Pharisees gathered together with Pilate,
Then the Jews, because it was the day of 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.
When evening had already come, because it was the preparation day, that is, the day before the Sabbath,
Now it was the day of preparation for the Passover; it was about the sixth hour. And he *said to the Jews, “Behold, your King!”
Therefore because of the Jewish day of preparation, since the tomb was nearby, they laid Jesus there.
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