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John 19:31 KJV
John · chapter 19 · verse 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.John 19:31 · King James Version
John 19:31 in context
29Now there was set a vessel full of vinegar: and they filled a spunge with vinegar, and put it upon hyssop, and put it to his mouth.
30When Jesus therefore had received the vinegar, he said, It is finished: and he bowed his head, and gave up the ghost.
31The 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.
32Then came the soldiers, and brake the legs of the first, and of the other which was crucified with him.
33But when they came to Jesus, and saw that he was dead already, they brake not his legs:
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- preparationparaskeuēa making ready, preparation, equipping, that which is prepared, equipment, in the NT in a…G3904 →
- besoughterōtaōto question, to ask, to request, entreat, beg, beseechG2065 →
- bodiessōmathe body both of men or animals, a dead body or corpse, the living body, of animals, the…G4983 →
- remainmenōto remain, abide, in reference to place, to sojourn, tarry, not to depart, to continue to…G3306 →
- PilatepilatosPilate = "armed with a spear", the sixth Roman procurator of Judah and Samaria who…G4091 →
- crossstaurosa cross, a well known instrument of most cruel and ignominious punishment, borrowed by…G4716 →
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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 preparation for the sabbath, and that sabbath day, because it fell in the passover-week, was a high day, that they…
— Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on verses 31-37