Luke 23:54 “It was Preparation Day, and the Sabbath was beginning.”

Luke 23:54

It was Preparation Day, and the Sabbath was beginning.

Berean Standard Bible

Other translations

King James Version

And that day was the preparation, and the sabbath drew on.

World English Bible

It was the day of the Preparation, and the Sabbath was drawing near.

American Standard Version

And it was the day of the Preparation, and the sabbath drew on.

Geneva Bible 1599

And that day was the preparation, and the Sabbath drewe on.

Darby Translation

And it was preparation day, and [the] sabbath twilight was coming on.

Young's Literal Translation

And the day was a preparation, and sabbath was approaching,

Bible in Basic English

Now it was the day of making ready and the Sabbath was coming on.

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Cross references

“And that day was the preparation, and the sabbath drew on.”

Matthew 27:62 John 19:31 John 19:14 John 19:42

Matthew 27:62 · BSB

The next day, the one after Preparation Day, the chief priests and Pharisees assembled before Pilate.

John 19:31 · BSB

It was the day of Preparation, and the next day was a High Sabbath. In order that the bodies would not remain on the cross during the Sabbath, the Jews asked Pilate to have the legs broken and the bodies removed.

John 19:14 · BSB

It was the day of Preparation for the Passover, about the sixth hour. And Pilate said to the Jews, “Here is your King!”

John 19:42 · BSB

And because it was the Jewish day of Preparation and the tomb was nearby, they placed Jesus there.

Also

Mark 15:42

Mark 15:42 · BSB

Now it was already evening. Since it was Preparation Day (that is, the day before the Sabbath),

Cross references adapted from OpenBible.info (CC BY 4.0) and the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.

In context

53Then he took it down, wrapped it in a linen cloth, and placed it in a tomb cut into the rock, where no one had yet been laid.

55The women who had come with Jesus from Galilee followed, and they saw the tomb and how His body was placed.

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