Day: Th Sixth Day of the Week Called Preparation Day

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

It was the day of Preparation for the Passover, about the sixth hour. And Pilate said to the Jews, “Here is your King!”

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.

And because it was the Jewish day of Preparation and the tomb was nearby, they placed Jesus there.