Luke 23:54

And it was Preparation day, and the Sabbath was drawing nigh.

1902 William Baxter Godbey NT

In The King James Version

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

In Context

53And having taken it down, he wrapped it in linen, and placed it in a hewn sepulcher, where no one ever was laid.

55And the women, who had come along with him out of Galilee, having followed down, saw the sepulcher, and where His body was placed.

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Cross References

Mark 15:42And it already being evening, since it was the Preparation, which is the day before the Sabbath,

John 19:31Then the Jews, in order that the bodies may not remain on the cross during the Sabbath, since it was the Preparation (for the day of that Sabbath was a high day), asked Pilate, that they might break their legs, and take them down.

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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