The Jews asked Pilate that the bones of the impaled men be broken. This would hasten their death so that they would not be left on the stakes into Nisan 15, a double Sabbath.
وَقَدْ أَرَادُوا بِذٰلِكَ أَنْ يُسَرِّعُوا مَوْتَهُمْ ،‏ فَلَا يَبْقَوْنَ عَلَى ٱلْأَخْشَابِ حَتَّى ١٥ نِيسَانَ ٱلْقَمَرِيِّ ،‏ ٱلَّذِي كَانَ سَبْتًا عَظِيمًا .‏