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John 19:31 Cross-References
Explore 12 cross-references for John 19:31 from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge, connecting John chapter 19 verse 31 to related passages throughout the Bible.
“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.”
John 19:31 (KJV)
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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,) (Οἱ οὖν Ἰουδαῖοι, ἐπεὶ παρασκευὴ ἦν, ἵνα μὴ μείνῃ ἐπὶ τοῦ σταυροῦ τὰ σώματα ἐν τῷ σαββάτῳ, ἦν γὰρ μεγάλη ἡ ἡμέρα ἐκείνου τοῦ σαββάτου, Hoi oun Ioudaioi, epei paraskeuē ēn, hina mē meinē epi tou staurou ta sōmata en tō sabbatō, ēn gar megalē hē hēmera ekeinou tou sabbatou)—Jewish law forbade leaving bodies on crosses overnight (Deuteronomy 21:23), especially before a Sabbath. This was ἡ παρασκευή (hē paraskeuē, 'the Preparation'), Frida...
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Cross-References for John 19:31
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“at about the sixth hour.{noon} He said to the Jews”
“There laid they Jesus therefore because of the Jews' preparation day; for the sepulchre was nigh at hand.”
“because it was the Preparation Day”
“and they took his body down from the tree”
“In the first day ye shall have an holy convocation: ye shall do no servile work therein.”
“and he be put to death”
“but the tender mercies of the wicked are cruel.”
“and flay their skin from off them”
“and put them to death”
“and in the seventh day a holy convocation; no manner of work shall be done in them”