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Then, since it was the day of Preparation, so that the (ta | τά | nom pl neut) bodies would not remain on the (tou | τοῦ | gen sg masc) cross on the (tō | τῷ | dat sg neut) Sabbath (for that Sabbath was a high day), the (hoi | οἱ | nom pl masc) Jews asked Pilate to have the (ta | τά | acc pl neut) legs of the crucified men broken and their bodies taken down.