Luke 23:54 - King James Version with Apocrypha - American Edition

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

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King James Version (Oxford) 1769

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

Amplified Bible - Classic Edition

It was the day of Preparation [for the Sabbath], and the Sabbath was dawning (approaching).

American Standard Version (1901)

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

Common English Bible

It was the Preparation Day for the Sabbath, and the Sabbath was quickly approaching.

Catholic Public Domain Version

And it was the day of Preparation, and the Sabbath was drawing near.

Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version

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

Luke 23:54 Cross References

Matthew 27:62

Now the next day, that followed the day of the preparation, the chief priests and Pharisees came together unto Pilate,

Mark 15:42

And now when the even was come, because it was the preparation, that is, the day before the sabbath,

Luke 23:53

And he took it down, and wrapped it in linen, and laid it in a sepulchre that was hewn in stone, wherein never man before was laid.

John 19:14

And it was the preparation of the passover, and about the sixth hour: and he saith unto the Jews, Behold your King!

John 19:31

The Jews therefore, because it was the preparation, that the bodies should not remain upon the cross on the sabbath day, (for that sabbath day was a high day,) besought Pilate that their legs might be broken, and that they might be taken away.

John 19:42

There laid they Jesus therefore because of the Jews' preparation day; for the sepulchre was nigh at hand.