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.
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Gill's Exposition
The Jews therefore, because it was the preparation,.... That is, either of the passover, as in Joh 19:14 which was the Chagigah or grand festival in which they offered their peace offerings and slew…
Barnes' Notes
The preparation - Joh 19:14. That the bodies ... - The law required that the bodies of those who were hung should not remain suspended during the night. See Deu 21:22-23. That law was made when the…
Adam Clarke
It was the preparation - Every Sabbath had a preparation which began at the ninth hour (that is, three o'clock) the preceding evening. Josephus, Ant. b. xvi. c. 6, s. 2, recites an edict of the…
This passage concerning the piercing of Christ's side after his death is recorded only by this evangelist.
I. Observe the superstition of the Jews, which occasioned it (Joh 19:31): Because it was the…
Cambridge Bible
The petition of the Jews and the petition of Joseph
31. As in Joh 18:28, the Jews shew themselves to be among those -who strain out a gnat and swallow a camel." In the midst of deliberate judicial…
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