It was the day of Preparation, and the Sabbath was beginning.
The next day, that is, after the day of Preparation, the chief priests and the Pharisees gathered before Pilate
Since it was the day of Preparation, and so that the bodies would not remain on the cross on the Sabbath (for that Sabbath was a high day), the Jews asked Pilate that their legs might be broken and that they might be taken away.
And when evening had come, since it was the day of Preparation, that is, the day before the Sabbath,
So because of the Jewish day of Preparation, since the tomb was close at hand, they laid Jesus there.
Now it was the day of Preparation of the Passover. It was about the sixth hour. He said to the Jews, “Behold your King!”
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