Bible verse
And because it was the Jewish day of Preparation and the tomb was nearby, they placed Jesus there.
John 19:42 · BSB
The verses around it, from John 19.
38 Afterward, Joseph of Arimathea, who was a disciple of Jesus (but secretly for fear of the Jews), asked Pilate to let him remove the body of Jesus. Pilate gave him permission, so he came and removed His body.
39 Nicodemus, who had previously come to Jesus at night, also brought a mixture of myrrh and aloes, about seventy-five pounds.
40 So they took the body of Jesus and wrapped it in linen cloths with the spices, according to the Jewish burial custom.
41 Now there was a garden in the place where Jesus was crucified, and in the garden a new tomb in which no one had yet been laid.
42 And because it was the Jewish day of Preparation and the tomb was nearby, they placed Jesus there.
KJV
There laid they Jesus therefore because of the Jews’ preparation [day]; for the sepulchre was nigh at hand.
ASV
There then because of the Jews’ Preparation (for the tomb was nigh at hand) they laid Jesus.
ERV
There then because of the Jews’ Preparation (for the tomb was nigh at hand) they laid Jesus.
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