John 19:31 References

31 Then the Jews, because it was athe day of preparation, so that bthe bodies would not remain on the cross on the Sabbath (for that Sabbath was a chigh day), asked Pilate that their legs might be broken, and that they might be taken away.

b Deuteronomy 21:23, Joshua 8:29, Joshua 10:26


Deuteronomy 21

23 ahis corpse shall not hang all night on the tree, but you shall surely bury him on the same day (for bhe who is hanged is accursed of God), so that you cdo not defile your land which the Lord your God gives you as an inheritance.

Joshua 8

29 aHe hanged the king of Ai on a tree until evening; and at sunset Joshua gave command and they took his body down from the tree and threw it at the entrance of the city gate, and raised over it a great heap of stones that stands to this day.

Joshua 10

26 So afterward Joshua struck them and put them to death, and he ahanged them on five trees; and they hung on the trees until evening.

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