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Then, since it (ēn | ἦν | imperf act ind 3 sg) was (ēn | ἦν | imperf act ind 3 sg) the day of Preparation, so that the bodies would not remain on the cross on the Sabbath (for that Sabbath was (ēn | ἦν | imperf act ind 3 sg) a high day), the Jews asked Pilate to have the legs of the crucified men broken and their bodies taken down.