Bible Verses About Sabbath: Preparations for

But on the sixth day they gathered twice as much, that is, two gomors every man: and all the rulers of the multitude came, and told Moses.

And the next day, which followed the day of preparation, the chief priests and the Pharisees came together to Pilate,

And when evening was now come (because it was the Parasceve, that is, the day before the sabbath),

And it was the day of the Parasceve: and the sabbath drew on.

Then the Jews (because it was the parasceve), that the bodies might not remain upon the cross on the sabbath day (for that was a great sabbath day), besought Pilate that their legs might be broken: and that they might be taken away.