Luke 23:54

New American Bible - revised edition

It was the day of preparation, and the sabbath was about to begin.

Cross References

Matthew 27:62

The next day, the one following the day of preparation, the chief priests and the Pharisees gathered before Pilate

Mark 15:42

When it was already evening, since it was the day of preparation, the day before the sabbath,

Luke 23:53

After he had taken the body down, he wrapped it in a linen cloth and laid him in a rock-hewn tomb in which no one had yet been buried.

John 19:14

It was preparation day for Passover, and it was about noon. And he said to the Jews, “Behold, your king!”

John 19:31

Now since it was preparation day, in order that the bodies might not remain on the cross on the sabbath, for the sabbath day of that week was a solemn one, the Jews asked Pilate that their legs be broken and they be taken down.

John 19:42

So they laid Jesus there because of the Jewish preparation day; for the tomb was close by.