Luke 23:54

New Living Translation

This was done late on Friday afternoon, the day of preparation, as the Sabbath was about to begin.

Cross References

Matthew 27:62

The next day, on the Sabbath, the leading priests and Pharisees went to see Pilate.

Mark 15:42

This all happened on Friday, the day of preparation, the day before the Sabbath. As evening approached,

Luke 23:53

Then he took the body down from the cross and wrapped it in a long sheet of linen cloth and laid it in a new tomb that had been carved out of rock.

John 19:14

It was now about noon on the day of preparation for the Passover. And Pilate said to the people, “Look, here is your king!”

John 19:31

It was the day of preparation, and the Jewish leaders didn’t want the bodies hanging there the next day, which was the Sabbath (and a very special Sabbath, because it was Passover week). So they asked Pilate to hasten their deaths by ordering that their legs be broken. Then their bodies could be taken down.

John 19:42

And so, because it was the day of preparation for the Jewish Passover and since the tomb was close at hand, they laid Jesus there.