Luke 23:54

And it was nearly Erev Shabbat, Shabbos was drawing near.

Orthodox Jewish Bible

In The King James Version

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

In Context

53And, having taken down geviyyato (his body), he wrapped it in a linen + 23:53 tachrichim and placed it in a hewn kever (tomb) where not anyone had yet been laid. + 23:53 Ps 16:9-10; Job 19:25-27; Isa 53:11

55And following along after, the nashim who had come out of the Galil with him, saw the kever (tomb) and how his NEVELAH + 23:55 Dt 21:23 (body) was laid. + 23:55 Gn 47:18; Ps 16:9-10; Job 19:25-27; Isa 53:11

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Cross References

Mark 15:42And already, erev (evening) fast approaching, vibahlt (since) it was Preparation Day, which is the day before Shabbos,

John 19:31Therefore, those of Yehudah, vi-bahlt (since) it was Preparation Day, + 19:31 with Chag and Shabbos fast approaching they did not want the geviyot to be left on HaEtz (Tree) + 19:31 Ex 12:16; Dt 21:22-23; Josh 8:29; 10:26-27 during Shabbos, for it was Shabbat HaGadol, + 19:31 Lv 23:11 requested Pilate to have the legs broken and the geviyot 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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