Cross references
John 19:31
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.
John 19:31 has 12 cross-references in the OpenBible.info data, 4 of them with at least 4 reader votes. The strongest point to John 19:14 (10 votes) and John 19:42 (7 votes). 14 other verses point back to it. It links with 11 other books, from Exodus 12 to Acts 2.
Which verses does John 19:31 point to?
Ranked by reader votes. Links with fewer than 4 votes are marked weak.
- John 19:1410 votes
It was the day of Preparation for the Passover, about the sixth hour. And Pilate said to the Jews, “Here is your King!”
- John 19:427 votes
And because it was the Jewish day of Preparation and the tomb was nearby, they placed Jesus there.
- Mark 15:425 votes
Now it was already evening. Since it was Preparation Day (that is, the day before the Sabbath),
- Joshua 8:294 votes
He hung the king of Ai on a tree until evening, and at sunset Joshua commanded that they take down the body from the tree and throw it down at the entrance of the city gate. And over it they raised a large pile of rocks, which remains to this day.
- Exodus 12:163 votes
On the first day you are to hold a sacred assembly, and another on the seventh day. You must not do any work on those days, except to prepare the meals—that is all you may do.
- Leviticus 23:7–163 votes
On the first day you are to hold a sacred assembly; you are not to do any regular work. For seven days you are to present a food offering to the LORD. On the seventh day there shall be a sacred assembly; you must not do any regular work.’” …
- Deuteronomy 21:22–233 votes
If a man has committed a sin worthy of death, and he is executed, and you hang his body on a tree, you must not leave the body on the tree overnight, but you must be sure to bury him that day, because anyone who is hung on a tree is under God’s curse. You must not defile the land that the LORD your God is giving you as an inheritance.
- Joshua 10:26–273 votes
After this, Joshua struck down and killed the kings, and he hung their bodies on five trees and left them there until evening. At sunset Joshua ordered that they be taken down from the trees and thrown into the cave in which they had hidden. Then large stones were placed against the mouth of the cave, and the stones are there to this day.
- Proverbs 12:103 votes
A righteous man regards the life of his animal, but the tender mercies of the wicked are only cruelty.
- Micah 3:33 votes
You eat the flesh of my people after stripping off their skin and breaking their bones. You chop them up like flesh for the cooking pot, like meat in a cauldron.”
- John 19:13 votes
Then Pilate took Jesus and had Him flogged.
- Matthew 27:622 votes
The next day, the one after Preparation Day, the chief priests and Pharisees assembled before Pilate.
Which verses point to John 19:31?
The 10 strongest of 14.