TSK · John 19:14

The Guard at the Tomb The next day(which is after the day of preparation) the chief priests and the Pharisees assembled before Pilate

Jesus’ Death Now when it was noon, darkness came over the whole land until three in the afternoon.

It was the day of preparation and the Sabbath was beginning.

So Jesus came outside, wearing the crown of thorns and the purple robe. Pilate said to them,“Look, here is the man!”

Then, because it was the day of preparation, so that the bodies should not stay on the crosses on the Sabbath(for that Sabbath was an especially important one), the Jewish leaders asked Pilate to have the victims’ legs broken and the bodies taken down.