Luke 23:54

and [the] day has-been-being preparation, and [the] sabbath has-been-upon-light-izing[i.e. becoming dawn].

Garth's Hyper-literal Translation

In The King James Version

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

In Context

53and, lift[ing]-down same, envelopes same to{linen} and places same in to{hewn-out-of-rock memorial-effect} of{which} has_not_been-being not-moreover-yet-ly not-one being-lain,

55Moreover, the women, accompany[ing]-down/according-to, some-who have-been-being having-come-together to{same} out of{the Galilee}, spectate the memorial and as the body of{same} is-placed.

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Cross References

Mark 15:42and already of{late/evening become}, since it-has-been-being preparation, the is-being toward [the] sabbath,

John 19:31So, the Judeans, since it-has-been-being preparation, in-which-place the bodies should_not_remain upon of{the cross} in to{the sabbath}, for great has-been-being the day of{the-there, the sabbath}, ask the Pilate in-which-place the legs of{same} may-be-broken-down and they-may-be-lifted.

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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