Luke 23:54 - The Scriptures 2009

⁵⁴ And it was Preparation day, and the Sabbath was approaching.

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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 was after the preparation, the chief priests and Pharisees gathered together to Pilate,

Mark 15:42

And when evening had come, because it was the Preparation Day, that is, the day before the Sabbath,

Luke 23:53

And taking it down, he wrapped it in linen, and laid it in a tomb hewn out of the rock, where no one was yet laid.

John 19:14

And it was the Preparation Day of the Pĕsaḥ week, and about the sixth hour. And he said to the Yehuḏim, “See your Sovereign!”

John 19:31

Therefore, since it was the Preparation Day, that the bodies should not remain on the stake on the Sabbath – for that Sabbath was a high one – the Yehuḏim asked Pilate to have their legs broken, and that they be taken away.

John 19:42

There, then, because of the Preparation Day of the Yehuḏim, they laid יהושע, because the tomb was near.