~ because it was the ~ 41_MAR_15_42  And now when the even was come, because it was the preparation, that is, the day before the sabbath, #, 43_JOH_19_31  The Jews therefore, because it was the preparation, that the bodies should not remain upon the cross on the sabbath day, (for that sabbath day was an high day,) besought Pilate that their legs might be broken, and [that] they might be taken away. #,