# the Jews

Here "Jews" is a synecdoche for the Jewish leaders who opposed Jesus. AT: "the Jewish leaders" (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-synecdoche]])

# day of preparation

This is the time before the Passover when people prepared food for the Passover.

# to break their legs and to remove them

You can translate this in an active form. AT: "to break the legs of the executed men and take their bodies down from the crosses" (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-activepassive]])

# who had been crucified with Jesus

You can translate this in an active form. AT: "whom they had crucified near Jesus" (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-activepassive]])

# translationWords

* [[rc://en/tw/dict/bible/kt/jew]]
* [[rc://en/tw/dict/bible/kt/sabbath]]
* [[rc://en/tw/dict/bible/names/pilate]]