⁶² Now on the next day, that is, the day which is after ^(A)the preparation, the chief priests and the Pharisees gathered together with Pilate,

Care of the Body of Jesus

³¹ Now then, since it was ^(A)the day of preparation, to prevent ^(B)the bodies from remaining on the cross on the Sabbath (^[a]for that Sabbath was a ^(C)high day), the Jews requested of Pilate that their legs be broken, and the bodies be taken away.

⁴² Therefore because of the Jewish day of ^(A)preparation, since the tomb was ^(B)nearby, they laid Jesus there.