It was the day of preparation ¹  and the Sabbath was beginning. ² 

Now ¹  when evening had already come, since it was the day of preparation (that is, the day before the Sabbath), ² 

The ¹  next day (which is after the day of preparation) the chief priests and the Pharisees ²  assembled before Pilate

And so, because it was the Jewish day of preparation ¹  and the tomb was nearby, ²  they placed Jesus’ body there.

(Now it was the day of preparation ¹  for the Passover, about noon. ² ) ³  Pilate ⁴  said to the Jewish leaders, ⁵  “Look, here is your king!”

Then, because it was the day of preparation, so that the bodies should not stay on the crosses on the Sabbath ¹  (for that Sabbath was an especially important one), ²  the Jewish leaders ³  asked Pilate to have the victims’ legs ⁴  broken ⁵  and the bodies taken down. ⁶