Luke 23:54 - Revised Standard Version (RSV-CI)

It was the day of Preparation, and the sabbath was beginning.

More versions

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

Next day, that is, after the day of Preparation, the chief priests and the Pharisees gathered before Pilate

Mark 15:42

And when evening had come, since it was the day of Preparation, that is, the day before the sabbath,

Luke 23:53

Then he took it down and wrapped it in a linen shroud, and laid him in a rock-hewn tomb, where no one had ever yet been laid.

John 19:14

Now it was the day of Preparation of the Passover; it was about the sixth hour. He said to the Jews, “Behold your King!”

John 19:31

Since it was the day of Preparation, in order to prevent the bodies from remaining on the cross on the sabbath (for that sabbath was a high day), the Jews asked Pilate that their legs might be broken, and that they might be taken away.

John 19:42

So because of the Jewish day of Preparation, as the tomb was close at hand, they laid Jesus there.