Luke 23:54

And it was the day of preparation and the Sabbath was near at hand.

Montgomery New Testament

In The King James Version

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

In Context

53Then taking it down, he wrapped it in linen, and placed it in a tomb hewn in the rock, where no man has ever been laid.

55Then the women who had accompanied him out of Galilee followed after, and noted the tomb, and how his body was placed.

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Cross References

Mark 15:42Toward sunset, as it was the preparation (that is the day preceding the Sabbath),

John 19:31It was Preparation Day, so in order to prevent the bodies’ hanging on the cross during the Sabbath (for the Sabbath was a great day) the Jews begged Pilate to have the legs broken, and the bodies 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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