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John 19:31

Pontius

29 Now there was set a vessel full of vinegar: and they filled a spunge with vinegar, and put it upon hyssop, and put it to his mouth.

30 When Jesus therefore had received the vinegar, he said, It is finished: and he bowed his head, and gave up the ghost.

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.

32 Then came the soldiers, and brake the legs of the first, and of the other which was crucified with him.

33 But when they came to Jesus, and saw that he was dead already, they brake not his legs:

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BSB
It was the day of Preparation, and the next day was a High Sabbath. In order that the bodies would not remain on the cross during the Sabbath, the Jews asked Pilate to have the legs broken and the bodies removed.
KJV
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.
WEB
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.
ASV
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.
DARBY
The Jews therefore, that the bodies might not remain on the cross on the sabbath, for it was [the] preparation, (for the day of that sabbath was a great [day],) demanded of Pilate that their legs might be broken and they taken away.
BLB
Therefore the Jews, because it was the 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.
ÅB
Det var beredelses-dagen; for at nå legemene ikke skulle bli hengende på korset sabbaten over - for denne sabbatsdag var stor - ba jødene Pilatus om at deres ben måtte bli brutt sønder og legemene tatt ned.
OTB
Siden det var forberedelsesdagen, for å hindre at kroppene ble værende på korset på sabbaten (for den sabbaten var en høytidsdag), ba jødene Pilatus om at deres ben skulle brytes og at de skulle tas bort.
B1930
Det var beredelses-dagen; forat nu legemene ikke skulde bli hengende på korset sabbaten over - for denne sabbatsdag var stor - bad jødene Pilatus om at deres ben måtte bli brutt sønder og legemene tatt ned.

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  • John 19:14

    And it was the preparation of the passover, and about the sixth hour: and he saith unto the Jews, Behold your King!

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  • John 19:42

    There laid they Jesus therefore because of the Jews’ preparation day; for the sepulchre was nigh at hand.

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  • Mark 15:42

    And now when the even was come, because it was the preparation, that is, the day before the sabbath,

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  • Joshua 8:29

    And the king of Ai he hanged on a tree until eventide: and as soon as the sun was down, Joshua commanded that they should take his carcase down from the tree, and cast it at the entering of the gate of the city, and raise thereon a great heap of stones, that remaineth unto this day.

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  • Leviticus 23:7–16

    In the first day ye shall have an holy convocation: ye shall do no servile work therein.

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  • Exodus 12:16

    And in the first day there shall be an holy convocation, and in the seventh day there shall be an holy convocation to you; no manner of work shall be done in them, save that which every man must eat, that only may be done of you.

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  • John 19:1

    Then Pilate therefore took Jesus, and scourged him.

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  • Deuteronomy 21:22–23

    And if a man have committed a sin worthy of death, and he be to be put to death, and thou hang him on a tree:

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