Therefore the Jews, since it was the Preparation [Day], that the bodies should not remain on the cross on the Sabbath (for that Sabbath was a high day), asked Pilate that their legs might be broken, and they might be taken away.

Then the soldiers came and they broke the legs of the first [man], and of the other who was crucified with Him.

So there they laid Jesus, because of the Jews' Preparation Day, because the tomb was near.

On the next day, which is after the Preparation [Day], the chief priests and Pharisees were gathered together to Pilate,

And now evening having come, since it was Preparation Day, which is the day before the Sabbath,

That day was the Preparation; the Sabbath was drawing near.

Now it was the third hour, and they crucified Him.

Now when the sixth hour had come, darkness came upon the whole land until the ninth hour.

And at the ninth hour Jesus cried out with a loud voice, saying, "Eloi, Eloi, lima sabachthani?" which is translated, "My God, My God, why have You forsaken Me?"

And they kept saying, "Hail, King of the Jews!" And they were striking Him with their hands.

Then Jesus came out, wearing the crown of thorns and the purple robe. And Pilate said to them, "Behold, the Man!"

Now Pilate wrote a title and he put [it] on the cross. And it was written: JESUS THE NAZARENE, THE KING OF THE JEWS.

Therefore the chief priests of the Jews said to Pilate, "Do not write, 'The King of the Jews,' but, 'He said, "I am the King of the Jews." '"