³¹ Now it was the day of Preparation,^(A) and the next day was to be a special Sabbath. Because the Jewish leaders did not want the bodies left on the crosses^(B) during the Sabbath, they asked Pilate to have the legs broken and the bodies taken down.

David’s Charge to Solomon^(A)

2 When the time drew near for David to die,^(B) he gave a charge to Solomon his son.

⁵⁰ You do not realize that it is better for you that one man die for the people than that the whole nation perish.”^(A)

¹⁴ Caiaphas was the one who had advised the Jewish leaders that it would be good if one man died for the people.^(A)

⁵¹ He did not say this on his own, but as high priest that year he prophesied that Jesus would die for the Jewish nation,