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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.
OiJ T-NPM ou\n CONJ #Ioudai'oi, A-NPM ejpei; CONJ paraskeuh; N-NSF h\n, V-IXI-3S i&na CONJ mh; PRT meivnh/ V-AAS-3S ejpi; PREP tou' T-GSN staurou' N-GSM ta; T-NPN swvmata N-NPN ejn PREP tw'/ T-DSN sabbavtw/, N-DSN h\n V-IXI-3S ga;r CONJ megavlh A-NSF hJ T-NSF hJmevra N-NSF ejkeivnou D-GSN tou' T-GSN sabbavtou, N-GSN hjrwvthsan V-AAI-3P to;n T-ASM Pila'ton N-ASM i&na CONJ kateagw'sin V-2APS-3P aujtw'n P-GPM ta; T-NPN skevlh N-NPN kai; CONJ ajrqw'sin. V-APS-3P