John 19:31 Cross References
John 19:31
31: The Jewish leaders didn't want the victims hanging there the next day, which was the Sabbath (and a very special Sabbath at that, because it was the Passover), so they asked Pilate to hasten their deaths by ordering that their legs be broken. Then their bodies could be taken down.
John 19:14
- It was now about noon of the day of preparation for the Passover. And Pilate said to the people, "Here is your king!"
John 19:42
- And so, because it was the day of preparation before the Passover and since the tomb was close at hand, they laid Jesus there.
Mark 15:42
- This all happened on Friday, the day of preparation, the day before the Sabbath. As evening approached,
Exodus 12:16
- On the first day of the festival, and again on the seventh day, all the people must gather for a time of special worship. No work of any kind may be done on these days except in the preparation of food.
Joshua 8:29
- Joshua hung the king of Ai on a tree and left him there until evening. At sunset the Israelites took down the body and threw it in front of the city gate. They piled a great heap of stones over him that can still be seen today.
Proverbs 12:10
- The godly are concerned for the welfare of their animals, but even the kindness of the wicked is cruel.
Leviticus 23:7
- On the first day of the festival, all the people must stop their regular work and gather for a sacred assembly.
- On each of the next seven days, the people must present an offering to the LORD by fire. On the seventh day, the people must again stop all their regular work to hold a sacred assembly."
- Then the LORD told Moses
- to give these instructions to the Israelites: "When you arrive in the land I am giving you and you harvest your first crops, bring the priest some grain from the first portion of your grain harvest.
- On the day after the Sabbath, the priest will lift it up before the LORD so it may be accepted on your behalf.
John 19:1
- Then Pilate had Jesus flogged with a lead-tipped whip.
Micah 3:3
- You eat my people's flesh, cut away their skin, and break their bones. You chop them up like meat for the cooking pot.
Deuteronomy 21:22
- "If someone has committed a crime worthy of death and is executed and then hanged on a tree,
- the body must never remain on the tree overnight. You must bury the body that same day, for anyone hanging on a tree is cursed of God. Do not defile the land the LORD your God is giving you as a special possession.
Joshua 10:26
- Then Joshua killed each of the five kings and hung them on five trees until evening.
- As the sun was going down, Joshua gave instructions for the bodies of the kings to be taken down from the trees and thrown into the cave where they had been hiding. Then they covered the opening of the cave with a large pile of stones, which remains to this very day.
Matthew 27:62
- The next day--on the first day of the Passover ceremonies--the leading priests and Pharisees went to see Pilate.