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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,) besought Pilate that their legs might be broken, and [that] they might be taken away.
John 19:31 — KJV
Preparation. Gr. paraskeue (see on v. 14).
Remain upon the cross. According to Deut. 21:22, 23, bodies were not to remain upon a “tree” overnight, but were to be buried on the same day. The following day, being the Sabbath, would make even more imperative the carrying out of the command.
High day. Doubtless called “high day” because that Sabbath was also the first day of unleavened bread (Lev. 23:6; see Additional Notes on Matthew 26, Note 1). This use of the term “high day” cannot be demonstrated from contemporary Jewish literature. Those who hold that Jesus was crucified on Nisan 15 contend that that Sabbath was a high day because the weekly Sabbath coincided with the day of the waving of the first fruits (Lev. 23:9-14). However, Jesus rose on the day the first fruits were offered, in precise fulfillment of the types (see Additional Notes on Matthew 26, Note 1; cf. DA 785, 786).
Legs might be broken. That is, to hasten death.
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