Luke 23:54

And it was a day of preparation, and, a Sabbath, was about to dawn.

The Emphasised Bible by J. B. Rotherham

In The King James Version

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

In Context

53And, taking it down, he wrapped it in a fine Indian cloth, and laid him in a tomb hewn in stone,—where no one as yet was lying.

55And the women, they who had come out of Galilee with him, following after, observed the tomb, and how his body was laid.

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Cross References

Mark 15:42And evening, already, having begun, since it was a preparation, that is, the eve of a Sabbath,

John 19:31The Jews, therefore, since it was, a preparation, that the bodies might not remain upon the cross during the Sabbath,—for that Sabbath day was, great, requested Pilate that their legs might be broken, and they 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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