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Luke 23:54
Luke 23:54 is verse 54 of Luke chapter 23, shown here in the Berean Standard Bible.
Berean Standard Bible
It was Preparation Day, and the Sabbath was beginning.
Or was about to begin
King James Version
And that day was the preparation, and the sabbath drew on.
World English Bible
It was the day of the Preparation, and the Sabbath was drawing near.
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Luke 23:52–56 · Berean Standard Bible
52 He went to Pilate to ask for the body of Jesus.
53 Then he took it down, wrapped it in a linen cloth, and placed it in a tomb cut into the rock, where no one had yet been laid.
54 It was Preparation Day, and the Sabbath was beginning.
55 The women who had come with Jesus from Galilee followed, and they saw the tomb and how His body was placed.
56 Then they returned to prepare spices and perfumes. And they rested on the Sabbath, according to the commandment.
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Cross-references
The Treasury of Scripture Knowledge lists these related verses. Scripture text comes from the Berean Standard Bible.
Matthew 27:62The next day, the one after Preparation Day, the chief priests and Pharisees assembled before Pilate.
John 19:14It was the day of Preparation for the Passover, about the sixth hour. And Pilate said to the Jews, “Here is your King!”
John 19:31It was the day of Preparation, and the next day was a High Sabbath. In order that the bodies would not remain on the cross during the Sabbath, the Jews asked Pilate to have the legs broken and the bodies removed.
John 19:42And because it was the Jewish day of Preparation and the tomb was nearby, they placed Jesus there.