Luke 23:54 - Revised Version with Apocrypha 1895

And it was the day of 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 on the morrow, which is the day after the Preparation, the chief priests and the Pharisees were gathered together unto Pilate,

Mark 15:42

And when even was now 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 a linen cloth, and laid him in a tomb that was hewn in stone, where never man had yet lain.

John 19:14

Now it was the Preparation of the passover: it was 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 on the cross upon the sabbath (for the day of that sabbath was a high day), asked of Pilate that their legs might be broken, and that they might be taken away.

John 19:42

There then because of the Jews' Preparation (for the tomb was nigh at hand) they laid Jesus.