31
Then the
Jews,
because it was the
day of
preparation,
so that the
bodies would not
remain on the
cross on the
Sabbath (for that
Sabbath was a
high day ),
asked 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