Luke 23:54

WEB

⁵⁴It was the day of the Preparation, and the Sabbath was drawing near.

KJV

⁵⁴And that day was the preparation, and the sabbath drew on.

BSB

⁵⁴It was Preparation Day, and the Sabbath was beginning.

FBV

⁵⁴It was preparation day^[+] and the Sabbath would soon begin.

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Extra References

Matthew 27:62

⁶²Now on the next day, which was the day after the Preparation Day, the chief priests and the Pharisees were gathered together to Pilate,

³¹Therefore the Jews, because it was the Preparation Day, so that the bodies wouldn’t remain on the cross on the Sabbath (for that Sabbath was a special one), asked of Pilate that their legs might be broken and that they might be taken away.

Mark 15:42

⁴²When evening had now come, because it was the Preparation Day, that is, the day before the Sabbath,

John 19:42

⁴²Then, because of the Jews’ Preparation Day (for the tomb was near at hand), they laid Jesus there.

John 19:14

¹⁴Now it was the Preparation Day of the Passover, at about the sixth hour.^[+] He said to the Jews, “Behold, your King!”