Commentaries:
Jamieson, Fausset, and Brown
BURIAL OF CHRIST. (John 19:31-42)
the preparation--sabbath eve.
that the bodies should not remain--over night, against the Mosaic law (Deuteronomy 21:22-23).
on the sabbath day, for that sabbath day was an high day--or "great" day--the first day of unleavened bread, and, as concurring with an ordinary sabbath, the most solemn season of the ecclesiastical year. Hence their peculiar jealousy lest the law should be infringed.
besought Pilate that their legs might be broken--to hasten their death, which was done in such cases with clubs.
Other commentary entries containing this verse:
Isaiah 53:9
Matthew 27:51
Matthew 27:62
John 19:31-37
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