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.

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.

It was the Preparation day, and so, to prevent the bodies from remaining on the crosses during the Sabbath (for that Sabbath was a great day), the Jews asked Pilate to have the legs broken and the bodies removed.

Die Juden nun baten den Pilatus, damit die Leiber nicht am Sabbath am Kreuze blieben, weil es Rüsttag war (denn der Tag jenes Sabbaths war groß), daß ihre Beine gebrochen und sie abgenommen werden möchten.

Entonces los Judíos, por cuanto era la víspera de la Pascua, para que los cuerpos no quedasen en la cruz en el sábado, pues era el gran día del sábado, rogaron á Pilato que se les quebrasen las piernas, y fuesen quitados.

Os Judeus pois, para que os corpos não ficassem no sábado na cruz, pois era a preparação (porque era o grande dia do Sábado), suplicaram a Pilatos que as pernas deles fossem quebradas, e fossem tirados.

Por ser o dia da preparação, para que os corpos não permanecessem nas cruzes durante o sábado (pois, este sábado era um dia importante), os judeus pediram a Pilatos que as pernas dos homens executados fossem quebradas, e que seus corpos fossem retirados.