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John 19:31

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31Now it was the day of Preparation,p and the next day was to be a special Sabbath. Because the Jewish leaders did not want the bodies left on the crossesq during the Sabbath, they asked Pilate to have the legs broken and the bodies taken down.

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Cross references

  1. pver 14, 42
  2. qDt 21:23; Jos 8:29; 10:26, 27

In other versions

ESVEnglish Standard Version

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.

CSBChristian Standard Bible

Since it was the preparation day, the Jews did not want the bodies to remain on the cross on the Sabbath (for that Sabbath was a special day). They requested that Pilate have the men’s legs broken and that their bodies be taken away.

NLTNew Living Translation

It was the day of preparation, and the Jewish leaders didn’t want the bodies hanging there the next day, which was the Sabbath (and a very special Sabbath, because it was Passover week). So they asked Pilate to hasten their deaths by ordering that their legs be broken. Then their bodies could be taken down.

LEBThe Lexham English Bible

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 an important day), asked Pilate that their legs could be broken and they could be taken away.

KJV 1900King 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.