Luke 23:54 - English Majority Text Version 2009

⁵⁴ That day was the Preparation; the Sabbath was drawing near.

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King James Version (Oxford) 1769

⁵⁴ And that day was the preparation, and the sabbath drew on.

Amplified Bible - Classic Edition

⁵⁴ It was the day of Preparation [for the Sabbath], and the Sabbath was dawning (approaching).

American Standard Version (1901)

⁵⁴ And it was the day of the Preparation, and the sabbath drew on.

Common English Bible

⁵⁴ It was the Preparation Day for the Sabbath, and the Sabbath was quickly approaching.

Catholic Public Domain Version

⁵⁴ And it was the day of Preparation, and the Sabbath was drawing near.

Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version

⁵⁴ And it was the day of the Parasceve, and the sabbath drew on.

Luke 23:54 Cross References

Matthew 27:62

On the next day, which is after the Preparation [Day], the chief priests and Pharisees were gathered together to Pilate,

Mark 15:42

And now evening having come, since it was Preparation Day, which is the day before the Sabbath,

Luke 23:53

And having taken it down, he wrapped it in a linen cloth, and put it in a tomb cut out of rock, where no one had ever lain before.

John 19:14

Now it was the Preparation [Day] of the Passover, and about the sixth hour. And he said to the Jews, "Behold your King!"

John 19:31

Therefore the Jews, since it was the Preparation [Day], that the bodies should not remain on the cross on the Sabbath (for that Sabbath was a high day), asked Pilate that their legs might be broken, and they might be taken away.

John 19:42

So there they laid Jesus, because of the Jews' Preparation Day, because the tomb was near.