Verse 31
John 19:31
New King James Version
31
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.
Original Language Text
greek
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, ἠρώτησαν τὸν Πιλᾶτον ἵνα κατεαγῶσιν αὐτῶν τὰ σκέλη καὶ ἀρθῶσιν.
English Translation
So the Jews, since it was preparation day, in order that the bodies might not remain on the cross on the Sabbath (for that Sabbath was a great day), asked Pilate to have their legs broken and to be taken away.
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Chapter 19 Context
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Then Pilate therefore took Yashua (Jesus), and scourged
him.
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And the soldiers platted a crown of thorns, and put
it on his head, and they put on him a purple rob...
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And said, Hail, King of the Jews! and they smote him with their hands.
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Pilate therefore went forth again, and saith unto them, Behold, I bring him forth to you, that ye ma...
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Then came Yashua (Jesus) forth, wearing the crown of thorns, and the purple robe. And
Pilate saith u...
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When the chief priests therefore and officers saw him, they cried out, saying, Crucify
him, crucify...
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The Jews answered him, We have a law, and by our law he ought to die, because he made himself the So...
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When Pilate therefore heard that saying, he was the more afraid;
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And went again into the judgment hall, and saith unto Yashua (Jesus), Whence art thou? But Yashua (J...
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10
Then saith Pilate unto him, Speakest thou not unto me? knowest thou not that I have power to crucify...
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11
Yashua (Jesus) answered,
Thou couldest have no power
at all against me, except it were given thee fr...
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12
And from thenceforth Pilate sought to release him: but the Jews cried out, saying, If thou let this...
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13
When Pilate therefore heard that saying, he brought Yashua (Jesus) forth, and sat down in the judgme...
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14
And it was the preparation of the passover, and about the sixth hour: and he saith unto the Jews, Be...
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15
But they cried out, Away with
him, away with
him,
crucify him. Pilate saith unto them, Shall I cruc...
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16
Then delivered he him therefore unto them to be crucified. And they took Yashua (Jesus), and led
him...
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17
And he bearing his cross went forth into a place called
the place
of a skull, which is called in th...
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18
Where they crucified him, and two others with him, on either side one, and Yashua (Jesus) in the mid...
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19
And Pilate wrote a title, and put
it on the cross. And the writing was, Yashua (Jesus) OF NAZARETH T...
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20
This title then read many of the Jews: for the place where Yashua (Jesus) was crucified was nigh to...
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21
Then said the chief priests of the Jews to Pilate, Write not, The King of the Jews; but that he said...
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Pilate answered, What I have written I have written.
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Then the soldiers, when they had crucified Yashua (Jesus), took his garments, and made four parts, t...
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24
They said therefore among themselves, Let us not rend it, but cast lots for it, whose it shall be: t...
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Now there stood by the cross of Yashua (Jesus) his mother, and his mother’s sister, Mary the
wife of...
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When Yashua (Jesus) therefore saw his mother, and the disciple standing by, whom he loved, he saith...
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27
Then saith he to the disciple,
Behold thy mother! And from that hour that disciple took her unto his...
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28
After this, Yashua (Jesus) knowing that all things were now accomplished, that the scripture might b...
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29
Now there was set a vessel full of vinegar: and they filled a spunge with vinegar, and put
it upon h...
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30
When Yashua (Jesus) therefore had received the vinegar, he said,
It is finished: and he bowed his he...
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31
The Jews therefore, because it was the preparation, that the bodies should not remain upon the cross...
32
Then came the soldiers, and brake the legs of the first, and of the other which was crucified with h...
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33
But when they came to Yashua (Jesus), and saw that he was dead already, they brake not his legs:
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But one of the soldiers with a spear pierced his side, and forthwith came there out blood and water.
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And he that saw
it bare record, and his record is true: and he knoweth that he saith true, that ye m...
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For these things were done, that the scripture should be fulfilled, A bone of him shall not be broke...
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And again another scripture saith, They shall look on him whom they pierced.
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38
And after this Joseph of Arimathaea, being a disciple of Yashua (Jesus), but secretly for fear of th...
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39
And there came also Nicodemus, which at the first came to Yashua (Jesus) by night, and brought a mix...
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40
Then took they the body of Yashua (Jesus), and wound it in linen clothes with the spices, as the man...
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41
Now in the place where he was crucified there was a garden; and in the garden a new sepulchre, where...
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42
There laid they Yashua (Jesus) therefore because of the Jews’ preparation
day; for the sepulchre was...
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