John 19:31
It was the day of Preparation, and the next day was a High Sabbath. In order that the bodies would not remain on the cross during the Sabbath, the Jews asked Pilate to have the legs broken and the bodies removed.
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ASV
The Jews therefore, because it was the Preparation, that the bodies should not remain on the cross upon the sabbath (for the day of that sabbath was a high day), asked of Pilate that their legs might be broken, and that they might be taken away.
KJV
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.
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35 tagged words| Original | Transliteration | Meaning | Word study |
|---|---|---|---|
| Οἱ | Hoi | <the> | G3588 → |
| οὖν | oun | Therefore | G3767 → |
| Ἰουδαῖοι, | Ioudaioi | the Jews, | G2453 → |
| ἐπεὶ | epei | since | G1893 → |
| παρασκευὴ | paraskeuē | [the] Preparation | G3904 → |
| ἦν, | ēn | was, | G1510 → |
| ἵνα | ina | so that | G2443 → |
| μὴ | mē | not | G3361 → |
| μείνῃ | meinē | may remain | G3306 → |
| ἐπὶ | epi | on | G1909 → |
| τοῦ | tou | the | G3588 → |
| σταυροῦ | staurou | cross | G4716 → |
| τὰ | ta | the | G3588 → |
| σώματα | sōmata | bodies | G4983 → |
| ἐν | en | on | G1722 → |
| τῷ | tō | the | G3588 → |
| σαββάτῳ, | sabbatō | Sabbath — | G4521 → |
| ἦν | ēn | was | G1510 → |
| γὰρ | gar | for | G1063 → |
| μεγάλη | megalē | a high | G3173 → |
| ἡ | hē | <the> | G3588 → |
| ἡμέρα | hēmera | day | G2250 → |
| ἐκείνου | ekeinou | of that | G1565 → |
| τοῦ | tou | <the> | G3588 → |
| σαββάτου, | sabbatou | Sabbath — | G4521 → |
| ἠρώτησαν | ērōtēsan | asked | G2065 → |
| τὸν | ton | <the> | G3588 → |
| Πιλᾶτον | Pilaton | Pilate | G4091 → |
| ἵνα | ina | that | G2443 → |
| κατεαγῶσιν | kateagōsin | may be broken | G2608 → |
| αὐτῶν | autōn | their | G846 → |
| τὰ | ta | <the> | G3588 → |
| σκέλη | skelē | legs | G4628 → |
| καὶ | kai | and | G2532 → |
| ἀρθῶσιν. | arthōsin | they may be taken away. | G142 → |
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