Luke 23:54

New Century Version

This was late on Preparation Day, and when the sun went down, the Sabbath day would begin.

Cross References

Matthew 27:62

The next day, the day after Preparation Day, the leading priests and the Pharisees went to Pilate.

Mark 15:42

This was Preparation Day. (That means the day before the Sabbath day.) That evening,

Luke 23:53

He took the body down from the cross, wrapped it in cloth, and put it in a tomb that was cut out of a wall of rock. This tomb had never been used before.

John 19:14

It was about noon on Preparation Day of Passover week. Pilate said to the crowd, “Here is your king!”

John 19:31

This day was Preparation Day, and the next day was a special Sabbath day. Since the religious leaders did not want the bodies to stay on the cross on the Sabbath day, they asked Pilate to order that the legs of the men be broken and the bodies be taken away.

John 19:42

The men laid Jesus in that tomb because it was nearby, and they were preparing to start their Sabbath day.