Luke 23:54 - New Revised Standard Version

⁵⁴ It was the day of Preparation, and the sabbath was beginning.

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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

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

Mark 15:42

When evening had come, and since it was the day of Preparation, that is, the day before the sabbath,

Luke 23:53

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

John 19:14

Now it was the day of Preparation for the Passover; and it was about noon. He said to the Jews, “Here is your King!”

John 19:31

Since it was the day of Preparation, the Jews did not want the bodies left on the cross during the sabbath, especially because that sabbath was a day of great solemnity. So they asked Pilate to have the legs of the crucified men broken and the bodies removed.

John 19:42

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