⁵⁴ And the day was a preparation, and sabbath was approaching,

⁶² And on the morrow that is after the preparation, were gathered together the chief priests, and the Pharisees, unto Pilate,

³¹ The Jews, therefore, that the bodies might not remain on the cross on the sabbath, since it was the preparation, (for that sabbath day was a great one,) asked of Pilate that their legs may be broken, and they taken away.

⁴² And now evening having come, seeing it was the preparation, that is, the fore-sabbath,

¹⁴ and it was the preparation of the passover, and as it were the sixth hour, and he saith to the Jews, `Lo, your king!'

⁴² there, therefore, because of the preparation of the Jews, because the tomb was nigh, they laid Jesus.