Joh 19:31 | ESV | STEP | Since it was the day of Preparation , and so that the bodies would not remain on the cross on the Sabbath ( for that Sabbath was a high day ), the Jews asked Pilate that their legs might be broken and that they might be taken away .

John 19:31

Jesus’ Side Is Pierced

31 Since it was ^athe day of Preparation, and ^bso that the bodies would not remain on the cross on the Sabbath (for that Sabbath was ^ca high day), the Jews asked Pilate that their legs might be broken and that they might be taken away.