Bible Verses About Sabbath: Preparations for

And it cometh to pass on the sixth day, they have gathered a second bread, two omers for one, and all the princes of the company come in, and declare to Moses.

And on the morrow that is after the preparation, were gathered together the chief priests, and the Pharisees, unto Pilate,

And now evening having come, seeing it was the preparation, that is, the fore-sabbath,

And the day was a preparation, and sabbath was approaching,

The Jews, therefore, that the bodies might not remain on the cross on the sabbath, since it was the preparation, (for that sabbath day was a great one,) asked of Pilate that their legs may be broken, and they taken away.