John 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.

Word Reference

Original Word	Definitions
Οἱ G3588 T-NPM	Strong's Definition ho the (sometimes to be supplied, at others omitted, in English idiom) this, that, these, etc. Only significant renderings other than ___%___the___%___ counted
οὖν G3767 CONJ	Strong's Definition oun (adverbially) certainly, or (conjunctionally) accordingly then, therefore, accordingly, consequently, these things being so
Ἰουδαῖοι G2453 A-NPM-PG	Strong's Definition ioudaios Judaean, i.e., belonging to Jehudah Jewish, belonging to the Jewish race "Jewish as respects to birth, race, religion
ἵνα G2443	Strong's Definition hina in order that (denoting the purpose or the result) that, in order that, so that
μὴ G3361	Strong's Definition mē (adverb) not, (conjunction) lest; also (as an interrogative implying a negative answer (whereas G3756 expects an affirmative one)) whether no, not lest
μείνῃ G3306	Strong's Definition menō to stay (in a given place, state, relation or expectancy) to remain, abide in reference to place to sojourn, tarry "not to depart to continue to be present "to be held, kept, continually in reference to time to continue to be, not to perish, to last, endure of persons, to survive, live in reference to state or condition to remain as one, not to become another or different to wait for, await one
ἐπὶ G1909	Strong's Definition epi properly, meaning superimposition (of time, place, order, etc.), as a relation of distribution (with the genitive case), i.e., over, upon, etc.; of rest (with the dative case) at, on, etc.; of direction (with the accusative case) towards, upon, etc upon, on, at, by, before "of position, on, at, by, over, against"to, over, on, at, across, against
τοῦ G3588	Strong's Definition ho the (sometimes to be supplied, at others omitted, in English idiom) this, that, these, etc. Only significant renderings other than ___%___the___%___ counted
σταυροῦ G4716	Strong's Definition stauros a stake or post (as set upright), i.e., (specially), a pole or cross (as an instrument of capital punishment); figuratively, exposure to death, i.e., self-denial; by implication, the atonement of Christ an upright stake, especially a pointed one "a cross a well known instrument of most cruel and ignominious punishment, borrowed by the Greeks and Romans from the Phoenicians; to it were affixed among the Romans, down to the time of Constantine the Great, the guiltiest criminals, particularly the basest slaves, robbers, the authors and abetters of insurrections, and occasionally in the provinces, at the arbitrary pleasure of the governors, upright and peaceable men also, and even Roman citizens themselves "the crucifixion which Christ underwent
τὰ G3588	Strong's Definition ho the (sometimes to be supplied, at others omitted, in English idiom) this, that, these, etc. Only significant renderings other than ___%___the___%___ counted
σώματα G4983	Strong's Definition sōma the body (as a sound whole), used in a very wide application, literally or figuratively the body both of men or animals a dead body or corpse "the living body of animals the bodies of plants and of stars (heavenly bodies)"is used of a (large or small) number of men closely united into one society, or family as it were; a social, ethical, mystical body so in the New Testament of the church that which casts a shadow as distinguished from the shadow itself
ἐν G1722	Strong's Definition en ___%___in,___%___ at, (up-)on, by, etc in, by, with
τῷ G3588	Strong's Definition ho the (sometimes to be supplied, at others omitted, in English idiom) this, that, these, etc. Only significant renderings other than ___%___the___%___ counted
σαββάτῳ G4521	Strong's Definition sabbaton the Sabbath (i.e., Shabbath), or day of weekly repose from secular avocations (also the observance or institution itself); by extension, a se'nnight, i.e., the interval between two Sabbaths; likewise the plural in all the above applications the seventh day of each week which was a sacred festival on which the Israelites were required to abstain from all work the institution of the sabbath, the law for keeping holy every seventh day of the week "a single sabbath, sabbath day seven days, a week
ἐπεὶ G1893 CONJ	Strong's Definition epei thereupon, i.e., since (of time or cause) when, since of time: after "of cause: since, seeing that, because
παρασκευὴ G3904 N-NSF	Strong's Definition paraskeuē readiness a making ready, preparation, equipping "that which is prepared, equipment"in the New Testament in a Jewish sense, the day of preparation the day on which the Jews made necessary preparation to celebrate a sabbath or a feast
ἦν G2258	Strong's Definition ēn I (thou, etc.) was (wast or were) I was, etc.
ἦν G2258	Strong's Definition ēn I (thou, etc.) was (wast or were) I was, etc.
γὰρ G1063 CONJ	Strong's Definition gar properly, assigning a reason (used in argument, explanation or intensification; often with other particles) for
μεγάλη G3173 A-NSF	Strong's Definition megas big (literally or figuratively, in a very wide application) great of the external form or sensible appearance of things (or of persons) in particular, of space and its dimensions, as respects mass and weight: great "compass and extent: large, spacious"measure and height: long"stature and age: great, old of number and quantity: numerous, large, abundant"of age: the elder"used of intensity and its degrees: with great effort, of the affections and emotions of the mind, of natural events powerfully affecting the senses: violent, mighty, strong predicated of rank, as belonging to persons, eminent for ability, virtue, authority, power "things esteemed highly for their importance: of great moment, of great weight, importance"a thing to be highly esteemed for its excellence: excellent splendid, prepared on a grand scale, stately"great things of God's preeminent blessings "of things which overstep the province of a created being, proud (presumptuous) things, full of arrogance, derogatory to the majesty of God
ἡ G3588 T-NSF	Strong's Definition ho the (sometimes to be supplied, at others omitted, in English idiom) this, that, these, etc. Only significant renderings other than ___%___the___%___ counted
ἡμέρα G2250 N-NSF	Strong's Definition hēmera day, i.e., (literally) the time space between dawn and dark, or the whole 24 hours (but several days were usually reckoned by the Jews as inclusive of the parts of both extremes); figuratively, a period (always defined more or less clearly by the context) the day, used of the natural day, or the interval between sunrise and sunset, as distinguished from and contrasted with the night in the daytime "metaphorically, ___%___the day___%___ is regarded as the time for abstaining from indulgence, vice, crime, because acts of the sort are perpetrated at night and in darkness of the civil day, or the space of twenty four hours (thus including the night)"of the last day of this present age, the day Christ will return from heaven, raise the dead, hold the final judgment, and perfect his kingdom"used of time in general, i.e., the days of his life.
ἐκείνου G1565 D-GSN	Strong's Definition ekeinos that one (or (neuter) thing); often intensified by the article prefixed he, she it, etc.
τοῦ G3588 T-GSN	Strong's Definition ho the (sometimes to be supplied, at others omitted, in English idiom) this, that, these, etc. Only significant renderings other than ___%___the___%___ counted
σαββάτου G4521 N-GSN	Strong's Definition sabbaton the Sabbath (i.e., Shabbath), or day of weekly repose from secular avocations (also the observance or institution itself); by extension, a se'nnight, i.e., the interval between two Sabbaths; likewise the plural in all the above applications the seventh day of each week which was a sacred festival on which the Israelites were required to abstain from all work the institution of the sabbath, the law for keeping holy every seventh day of the week "a single sabbath, sabbath day seven days, a week
ἠρώτησαν G2065 V-AAI-3P	Strong's Definition erōtaō to interrogate; by implication, to request to question "to ask to request, entreat, beg, beseech
τὸν G3588 T-ASM	Strong's Definition ho the (sometimes to be supplied, at others omitted, in English idiom) this, that, these, etc. Only significant renderings other than ___%___the___%___ counted
Πιλᾶτον G4091 N-ASM-P	Strong's Definition pilatos armed with a spear close-pressed, i.e., firm; Pilatus, a Roman the sixth Roman procurator of Judah and Samaria who ordered Christ to be crucified
ἵνα G2443 CONJ	Strong's Definition hina in order that (denoting the purpose or the result) that, in order that, so that
κατεαγῶσιν G2608 V-2APS-3P	Strong's Definition katagnymi to rend in pieces, i.e., crack apart to break
αὐτῶν G846 P-GPM	Strong's Definition autos the reflexive pronoun self, used (alone or in the comparative G1438) of the third person, and (with the proper personal pronoun) of the other persons himself, herself, themselves, itself "he, she, it"the same
τὰ G3588 T-APN	Strong's Definition ho the (sometimes to be supplied, at others omitted, in English idiom) this, that, these, etc. Only significant renderings other than ___%___the___%___ counted
σκέλη G4628 N-APN	Strong's Definition skelos through the idea of leanness); the leg (as lank) the leg, from the hip to the toes inclusive
καὶ G2532 CONJ	Strong's Definition kai and, also, even, so then, too, etc.; often used in connection (or composition) with other particles or small words and, also, even, indeed, but
ἀρθῶσιν G142 V-APS-3P	Strong's Definition airō to lift up; by implication, to take up or away; figuratively, to raise (the voice), keep in suspense (the mind), specially, to sail away (i.e., weigh anchor); by Hebraism (compare H5375) to expiate sin to raise up, elevate, lift up to raise from the ground, take up: stones "to raise upwards, elevate, lift up: the hand"to draw up: a fish to take upon one's self and carry what has been raised up, to bear"to bear away what has been raised, carry off to move from its place "to take off or away what is attached to anything"to remove"to carry off, carry away with one"to appropriate what is taken"to take away from another what is his or what is committed to him, to take by force"to take and apply to any use"to take from among the living, either by a natural death, or by violence"cause to cease

Οἱ οὖν Ἰουδαῖοι ἵνα μὴ μείνῃ ἐπὶ τοῦ σταυροῦ τὰ σώματα ἐν τῷ σαββάτῳ ἐπεὶ παρασκευὴ ἦν ἦν γὰρ μεγάλη ἡ ἡμέρα ἐκείνου τοῦ σαββάτου ἠρώτησαν τὸν Πιλᾶτον ἵνα κατεαγῶσιν αὐτῶν τὰ σκέλη καὶ ἀρθῶσιν

Cross References

John 19:14

ἦν δὲ παρασκευὴ τοῦ πάσχα ὥρα δὲ ὡσεὶ ἕκτη καὶ λέγει τοῖς Ἰουδαίοις Ἴδε ὁ βασιλεὺς ὑμῶν

And it was the preparation of the passover, and about the sixth hour: and he saith unto the Jews, Behold your King!

John 19:42

ἐκεῖ οὖν διὰ τὴν παρασκευὴν τῶν Ἰουδαίων ὅτι ἐγγὺς ἦν τὸ μνημεῖον ἔθηκαν τὸν Ἰησοῦν

There laid they Jesus therefore because of the Jews' preparation day; for the sepulchre was nigh at hand.

Mark 15:42

Καὶ ἤδη ὀψίας γενομένης ἐπεὶ ἦν παρασκευή ὅ ἐστιν προσάββατον

And now when the even was come, because it was the preparation, that is, the day before the sabbath,

Joshua 8:29

וְאֶת-מֶלֶךְ הָעַי תָּלָה עַל-הָעֵץ עַד-עֵת הָעָרֶב וּכְבוֹא הַשֶּׁמֶשׁ צִוָּה יְהוֹשֻׁעַ וַיֹּרִידוּ אֶת-נִבְלָתוֹ מִן-הָעֵץ וַיַּשְׁלִיכוּ אוֹתָהּ אֶל-פֶּתַח שַׁעַר הָעִיר וַיָּקִימוּ עָלָיו גַּל-אֲבָנִים גָּדוֹל עַד הַיּוֹם הַזֶּֽה׃

And the king of Ai he hanged on a tree until eventide: and as soon as the sun was down, Joshua commanded that they should take his carcase down from the tree, and cast it at the entering of the gate of the city, and raise thereon a great heap of stones, that remaineth unto this day.

Joshua 10:26

וַיַּכֵּם יְהוֹשֻׁעַ אַֽחֲרֵי-כֵן וַיְמִיתֵם וַיִּתְלֵם עַל חֲמִשָּׁה עֵצִים וַיִּֽהְיוּ תְּלוּיִם עַל-הָֽעֵצִים עַד-הָעָֽרֶב׃

And afterward Joshua smote them, and slew them, and hanged them on five trees: and they were hanging upon the trees until the evening.

Exodus 12:16

וּבַיּוֹם הָֽרִאשׁוֹן מִקְרָא-קֹדֶשׁ וּבַיּוֹם הַשְּׁבִיעִי מִקְרָא-קֹדֶשׁ יִֽהְיֶה לָכֶם כָּל-מְלָאכָה לֹֽא-יֵעָשֶׂה בָהֶם אַךְ אֲשֶׁר יֵֽאָכֵל לְכָל-נֶפֶשׁ הוּא לְבַדּוֹ יֵֽעָשֶׂה לָכֶֽם׃

And in the first day there shall be an holy convocation, and in the seventh day there shall be an holy convocation to you; no manner of work shall be done in them, save that which every man must eat, that only may be done of you.

Micah 3:3

וַאֲשֶׁר אָכְלוּ שְׁאֵר עַמִּי וְעוֹרָם מֵעֲלֵיהֶם הִפְשִׁיטוּ וְאֶת-עַצְמֹֽתֵיהֶם פִּצֵּחוּ וּפָרְשׂוּ כַּאֲשֶׁר בַּסִּיר וּכְבָשָׂר בְּתוֹךְ קַלָּֽחַת׃

Who also eat the flesh of my people, and flay their skin from off them; and they break their bones, and chop them in pieces, as for the pot, and as flesh within the caldron.

Deuteronomy 21:22

וְכִֽי-יִהְיֶה בְאִישׁ חֵטְא מִשְׁפַּט-מָוֶת וְהוּמָת וְתָלִיתָ אֹתוֹ עַל-עֵֽץ׃

And if a man have committed a sin worthy of death, and he be to be put to death, and thou hang him on a tree:

John 19:1

Τότε οὖν ἔλαβεν ὁ Πιλᾶτος τὸν Ἰησοῦν καὶ ἐμαστίγωσεν

Then Pilate therefore took Jesus, and scourged him.

Leviticus 23:7

בַּיּוֹם הָֽרִאשׁוֹן מִקְרָא-קֹדֶשׁ יִֽהְיֶה לָכֶם כָּל-מְלֶאכֶת עֲבֹדָה לֹא תַֽעֲשֽׂוּ׃

In the first day ye shall have an holy convocation: ye shall do no servile work therein.

Proverbs 12:10

יוֹדֵעַ צַדִּיק נֶפֶשׁ בְּהֶמְתּוֹ וְֽרַחֲמֵי רְשָׁעִים אַכְזָרִֽי׃

A righteous man regardeth the life of his beast: but the tender mercies of the wicked are cruel.

Matthew 27:62

Τῇ δὲ ἐπαύριον ἥτις ἐστὶν μετὰ τὴν παρασκευήν συνήχθησαν οἱ ἀρχιερεῖς καὶ οἱ Φαρισαῖοι πρὸς Πιλᾶτον

Now the next day, that followed the day of the preparation, the chief priests and Pharisees came together unto Pilate,

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