Luke 23:54

New King James Version

That day was the Preparation, and the Sabbath drew near.

Cross References

Matthew 27:62

On the next day, which followed the Day of Preparation, the chief priests and Pharisees gathered together to Pilate,

Mark 15:42

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

Luke 23:53

Then he took it down, wrapped it in linen, and laid it in a tomb that was hewn out of the rock, where no one had ever lain before.

John 19:14

Now it was the Preparation Day of the Passover, and about the sixth hour. And he said to the Jews, “Behold your King!”

John 19:31

Therefore, because it was the Preparation Day, that the bodies should not remain on the cross on the Sabbath (for that Sabbath was a high day), the Jews asked Pilate that their legs might be broken, and that they might be taken away.

John 19:42

So there they laid Jesus, because of the Jews’ Preparation Day, for the tomb was nearby.