John 19:42

Now on the next day, the day after the Preparation, the chief priests and the Pharisees gathered together with Pilate,

Now it was the day of Preparation for the Passover; it was about the sixth hour. And he *said to the Jews, “Behold, your King!”

Then the Jews, because it was the day of Preparation, so that the bodies would not remain on the cross on the Sabbath (for that Sabbath was a high day), asked Pilate that their legs might be broken, and that they might be taken away.

“And when they had finished all that was written concerning Him, they took Him down from the tree and laid Him in a tomb.