Sabbath: Preparations for The

On the sixth day, they gathered twice as much food—two omers per person—and all the leaders of the congregation came and reported this to Moses.

The next day, the one after Preparation Day, the chief priests and Pharisees assembled before Pilate.

Now it was already evening. Since it was Preparation Day (that is, the day before the Sabbath),

It was Preparation Day, and the Sabbath was beginning.

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.