Luke 23:54

Amplified Bible - Classic Edition

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

Cross References

Matthew 27:62

The next day, that is, the day after the day of Preparation [for the Sabbath], the chief priests and the Pharisees assembled before Pilate

Mark 15:42

As evening had already come, since it was the day of Preparation, that is, [the day] before the Sabbath, [Deut. 21:22, 23.]

Luke 23:53

Then he took it down and rolled it up in a linen cloth for swathing dead bodies 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 for the Passover, and it was about the sixth hour (about twelve o'clock noon). He said to the Jews, See, [here is] your King!

John 19:31

Since it was the day of Preparation, in order to prevent the bodies from hanging on the cross on the Sabbath–for that Sabbath was a very solemn and important one–the Jews requested Pilate to have the legs broken and the bodies taken away.

John 19:42

So there, because of the Jewish day of Preparation [and] since the tomb was near by, they laid Jesus.