John 19:31

Then the Jews, (because it was the parasceve,) that the bodies might not remain on the cross on the sabbath day, (for that was a great sabbath day,) besought Pilate that their legs might be broken, and that they might be taken away.

Douay-Rheims 1899

In The King James Version

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

In Context

30Jesus therefore, when he had taken the vinegar, said: It is consummated. And bowing his head, he gave up the ghost.

32The soldiers therefore came; and they broke the legs of the first, and of the other that was crucified with him.

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Cross References

Exodus 12:16The first day shall be holy and solemn, and the seventh day shall be kept with the like solemnity: you shall do no work in them, except those things that belong to eating.

Deuteronomy 21:22When a man hath committed a crime for which he is to be punished with death, and being condemned to die is hanged on a gibbet:

Joshua 10:26And Josue struck, and slew them, and hanged them upon five gibbets, and they hung until the evening.

Micah 3:3Who have eaten the flesh of my people, and have flayed their skin from off them: and have broken, and chopped their bones as for the kettle, and as flesh in the midst of the pot.

Mark 15:42And when evening was now come, (because it was the Parasceve, that is, the day before the sabbath,)

John 19:14And it was the parasceve of the pasch, about the sixth hour, and he saith to the Jews: Behold your king.

Matthew Henry on John 19:20-31

The Inscription on the Cross; The Crucifixion. 19 And Pilate wrote a title, and put it on the cross. And the writing was, JESUS OF NAZARETH THE KING OF THE JEWS. 20 This title then read many of the Jews: for the place where Jesus was crucified was nigh to the city: and it was written in Hebrew, and Greek, and Latin. 21 Then said the chief priests of the Jews to Pilate, Write not, The King of the Jews; but that he said, I am King of the Jews. 22 Pilate answered, What I have written I have written. 23 Then the… Read the whole commentary →

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