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John 19:31

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The Jews therefore, because it was the Preparation, that the bodies should not remain on the cross upon the sabbath (for the day of that sabbath was a high day), asked of Pilate that their legs might be broken, and that they might be taken away.

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John 19:31 in other translations

Therefore the Jews, because it was the Preparation Day, so that the bodies wouldn’t remain on the cross on the Sabbath (for that Sabbath was a special one), asked of Pilate that their legs might be broken, and that they might be taken away.

John 19:31 · World English Bible

John 19:31 in context

  1. 29There was set there a vessel full of vinegar: so they put a sponge full of the vinegar upon hyssop, and brought it to his mouth.
  2. 30When Jesus therefore had received the vinegar, he said, It is finished: and he bowed his head, and gave up his spirit.
  3. 31The Jews therefore, because it was the Preparation, that the bodies should not remain on the cross upon the sabbath (for the day of that sabbath was a high day), asked of Pilate that their legs might be broken, and that they might be taken away.
  4. 32The soldiers therefore came, and brake the legs of the first, and of the other that was crucified with him:
  5. 33but when they came to Jesus, and saw that he was dead already, they brake not his legs: