⁵⁴ And it was the day of the Preparation, and the sabbath drew on.

⁶² Now on the morrow, which is `the day' after the Preparation, the chief priests and the Pharisees were gathered together unto Pilate,

³¹ 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.

⁴² And when even was now come, because it was the Preparation, that is, the day before the sabbath,

¹⁴ Now it was the Preparation of the passover: it was about the sixth hour. And he saith unto the Jews, Behold, your King!

⁴² There then because of the Jews' Preparation (for the tomb was nigh at hand) they laid Jesus.