John 19:31 Now that the bodies might not remain on the cross during the sabbath, therefore when it was preparation time for that sabbath was a great day the Jews besought Pilate that their legs might be broken and the bodies removed.

Thomson⁽ⁱ⁾ ³¹ Now that the bodies might not remain on the cross during the sabbath, therefore when it was preparation time [for that sabbath was a great day] the Jews besought Pilate that their legs might be broken and the bodies removed.