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There's a passage in St. John's Evangelion:

31 Since it was the day of Preparation, the Jews did not want the bodies left on the cross during the sabbath, especially because that sabbath was a day of great solemnity. So they asked Pilate to have the legs of the crucified men broken and the bodies removed.

 

32 Then the soldiers came and broke the legs of the first and of the other who had been crucified with him.

Since obeying the Jewish law and taking bodies down from crosses pretty much diminished the whole point of punishment by crucifixion (which was intended to take its time and kill slowly), I'm curious if there is a hint in any of scriptures that would explain why Romans could not simply put convicted Jesus to a prison cell, keep him there until the Sabbath was over and then perform a crucifixion without any haste? Any particular rules excluded such scenario?

There's a passage in St. John's Evangelion:

31 Since it was the day of Preparation, the Jews did not want the bodies left on the cross during the sabbath, especially because that sabbath was a day of great solemnity. So they asked Pilate to have the legs of the crucified men broken and the bodies removed.

 

32 Then the soldiers came and broke the legs of the first and of the other who had been crucified with him.

Since obeying the Jewish law and taking bodies down from crosses pretty much diminished the whole point of punishment by crucifixion (which was intended to take its time and kill slowly), I'm curious if there is a hint in any of scriptures that would explain why Romans could not simply put convicted Jesus to a prison cell, keep him there until the Sabbath was over and then perform a crucifixion without any haste? Any particular rules excluded such scenario?

There's a passage in St. John's Evangelion:

31 Since it was the day of Preparation, the Jews did not want the bodies left on the cross during the sabbath, especially because that sabbath was a day of great solemnity. So they asked Pilate to have the legs of the crucified men broken and the bodies removed.

32 Then the soldiers came and broke the legs of the first and of the other who had been crucified with him.

Since obeying the Jewish law and taking bodies down from crosses pretty much diminished the whole point of punishment by crucifixion (which was intended to take its time and kill slowly), I'm curious if there is a hint in any of scriptures that would explain why Romans could not simply put convicted Jesus to a prison cell, keep him there until the Sabbath was over and then perform a crucifixion without any haste? Any particular rules excluded such scenario?

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Is there a hint in any of Evangelions why Jesus was crucified so close to Sabbath?

There's a passage in St. John's Evangelion:

31 Since it was the day of Preparation, the Jews did not want the bodies left on the cross during the sabbath, especially because that sabbath was a day of great solemnity. So they asked Pilate to have the legs of the crucified men broken and the bodies removed.

32 Then the soldiers came and broke the legs of the first and of the other who had been crucified with him.

Since obeying the Jewish law and taking bodies down from crosses pretty much diminished the whole point of punishment by crucifixion (which was intended to take its time and kill slowly), I'm curious if there is a hint in any of scriptures that would explain why Romans could not simply put convicted Jesus to a prison cell, keep him there until the Sabbath was over and then perform a crucifixion without any haste? Any particular rules excluded such scenario?