John 19:31
The Jews therefore, that the bodies might not remain on the cross on the sabbath, for it was the preparation, (for the day of that sabbath was a great day,) demanded of Pilate that their legs might be broken and they taken away.This verse in the real world
In what words
- σκέλοςskélosthrough the idea of leanness); the leg (as lank)
- κατάγνυμιkatágnymito rend in pieces, i.e. crack apart
- παρασκευήparaskeuḗreadiness
- σταυρόςstaurósa stake or post (as set upright), i.e. (specially), a pole or cross (as an instrument of c
- ἐπείepeíthereupon, i.e. since (of time or cause)
- σάββατονsábbatonthe Sabbath (i.e. Shabbath), or day of weekly repose from secular avocations (also the obs
- ΠιλᾶτοςPilâtosclose-pressed, i.e. firm; Pilatus, a Roman
- ἐρωτάωerōtáōto interrogate; by implication, to request
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