The Jews therefore, because it was the Preparation, that the bodies should not remain on the cross upon the sabbath (for the day of that sabbath was a high 'day'), asked of Pilate that their legs might be broken, and 'that' they might be taken away.
Þerfor for it was þe pask eue, þat þe bodies schulden not abide on þe cros in þe sabat, for þat was a greet sabat dai, þe Jewis preiden Pilat, þat þe hipis of hem schulden be brokun, and þei takun awei.