was the preparation that , 41_MAR_15:42 And now when the even was come, because it was the preparation, that is, the day before the sabbath, , was the preparation that , 43_JOH_19:31 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. ,