Therefore, because it was the Preparation Day, that the bodies should 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.

Then the soldiers came and broke the legs of the first and of the other who was crucified with Him.

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

And on the next day, which followed the Day of Preparation, the chief priests and Pharisees gathered together to Pilate,

Now when evening had come, because it was the Preparation Day, that is, the day before the Sabbath,

And that day was the Preparation, and the Sabbath drew near.

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

And when the sixth hour had come, there was darkness over the whole land until the ninth hour.

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

and said, Hail, King of the Jews! And they struck 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!

And Pilate wrote a title and put it on the cross. And the writing was: JESUS OF NAZARETH, THE KING OF THE JEWS.

Then 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.