¹⁴ Now it was ^(A)the day of Preparation of the Passover. It was about the sixth hour.^[a] He said to the Jews, ^(B)“Behold your King!”

The Guard at the Tomb

⁶² The next day, that is, after the day of ^(A)Preparation, the chief priests and the Pharisees gathered before Pilate

⁵ So Jesus came out, wearing ^(A)the crown of thorns and the purple robe. Pilate said to them, ^(B)“Behold the man!”

²⁵ And ^(A)it was the third hour^[a] when they crucified him.

⁴² So because of the Jewish ^(A)day of Preparation, ^(B)since the tomb was close at hand, they laid Jesus there.

Jesus' Side Is Pierced

³¹ Since it was ^(A)the day of Preparation, and ^(B)so that the bodies would not remain on the cross on the Sabbath (for that Sabbath was ^(C)a high day), the Jews asked Pilate that their legs might be broken and that they might be taken away. ³² So the soldiers came and broke the legs of the first, and of the other ^(D)who had been crucified with him.

¹⁹ Pilate ^(A)also wrote an inscription and put it on the cross. It read, “Jesus of Nazareth, the King of the Jews.” ²⁰ Many of the Jews read this inscription, for ^(B)the place where Jesus was crucified was near the city, and it was written in Aramaic, in Latin, and in Greek. ²¹ So the chief priests of the Jews said to Pilate, “Do not write, ‘The King of the Jews,’ but rather, ‘This man said, I am King of the Jews.’” ²² Pilate answered, ^(C)“What I have written I have written.”

³ They came up to him, saying, “Hail, King of the Jews!” and struck him with their hands.

⁵⁴ It was the day of ^(A)Preparation, and the Sabbath was beginning.^[a]

Jesus Is Buried

^42 (A)And when evening had come, since it was ^(B)the day of Preparation, that is, the day before the Sabbath,