Luke 23:54

And it was the day of Preparation, and the Sabbath was drawing near.

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In The King James Version

And that day was the preparation, and the sabbath drew on.

In Context

53And taking him down, he wrapped him in a fine linen cloth, and he placed him in a tomb hewn from rock, in which no one had ever been placed.

55Now the women who had come with him from Galilee, by following, saw the tomb and the manner in which his body was placed.

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Cross References

Mark 15:42And when evening had now arrived (because it was the Preparation Day, which is before the Sabbath)

John 19:31Then the Jews, because it was the preparation day, so that the bodies would not remain upon the cross on the Sabbath (for that Sabbath was a great day), they petitioned Pilate in order that their legs might be broken, and they might be taken away.

Matthew Henry on Luke 23:51-56

The Burial of Christ. 50 And, behold, there was a man named Joseph, a counsellor; and he was a good man, and a just: 51 (The same had not consented to the counsel and deed of them;) he was of Arimathæa, a city of the Jews: who also himself waited for the kingdom of God. 52 This man went unto Pilate, and begged the body of Jesus. 53 And he took it down, and wrapped it in linen, and laid it in a sepulchre that was hewn in stone, wherein never man before was laid. 54 And that day was the preparation, and the sabbath… Read the whole commentary →

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