It was the day of Preparation for the Passover, about the sixth hour. And Pilate said to the Jews, "Here is your King!" Cross References Matthew 27:45 From the sixth hour until the ninth hour darkness came over all the land. Matthew 27:62 The next day, the one after Preparation Day, the chief priests and Pharisees assembled before Pilate. Mark 15:25 It was the third hour when they crucified Him. Luke 23:44 It was now about the sixth hour, and darkness came over all the land until the ninth hour. John 19:19 Pilate also had a notice posted on the cross. It read: JESUS OF NAZARETH, THE KING OF THE JEWS. John 19:21 So the chief priests of the Jews said to Pilate, "Do not write, 'The King of the Jews,' but only that He said, 'I am the King of the Jews.'" John 19:31 It was the day of Preparation, and the next day was a High Sabbath. In order that the bodies would not remain on the cross during the Sabbath, the Jews asked Pilate to have the legs broken and the bodies removed. John 19:42 And because it was the Jewish day of Preparation and the tomb was nearby, they placed Jesus there. Treasury of Scripture And it was the preparation of the passover, and about the sixth hour: and he said to the Jews, Behold your King! the preparation. John 19:31,32,42 Matthew 27:62 Mark 15:42 the sixth. Mark 15:25,33,34 Behold. John 19:3,5,19-22 |