Luke 23:54

Young's Literal Translation (1862/1898)

And the day was a preparation, and sabbath was approaching,

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Referenced Verses

  • Matt 27:62 : 62 And on the morrow that is after the preparation, were gathered together the chief priests, and the Pharisees, unto Pilate,
  • John 19:31 : 31 The Jews, therefore, that the bodies might not remain on the cross on the sabbath, since it was the preparation, (for that sabbath day was a great one,) asked of Pilate that their legs may be broken, and they taken away.
  • John 19:42 : 42 there, therefore, because of the preparation of the Jews, because the tomb was nigh, they laid Jesus.
  • Mark 15:42 : 42 And now evening having come, seeing it was the preparation, that is, the fore-sabbath,
  • John 19:14 : 14 and it was the preparation of the passover, and as it were the sixth hour, and he saith to the Jews, `Lo, your king!'

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  • Mark 15:42-43
    2 verses
    84%

    42And now evening having come, seeing it was the preparation, that is, the fore-sabbath,

    43Joseph of Arimathea, an honourable counsellor, who also himself was waiting for the reign of God, came, boldly entered in unto Pilate, and asked the body of Jesus.

  • John 19:38-42
    5 verses
    81%

    38And after these things did Joseph of Arimathea -- being a disciple of Jesus, but concealed, through the fear of the Jews -- ask of Pilate, that he may take away the body of Jesus, and Pilate gave leave; he came, therefore, and took away the body of Jesus,

    39and Nicodemus also came -- who came unto Jesus by night at the first -- bearing a mixture of myrrh and aloes, as it were, a hundred pounds.

    40They took, therefore, the body of Jesus, and bound it with linen clothes with the spices, according as it was the custom of the Jews to prepare for burial;

    41and there was in the place where he was crucified a garden, and in the garden a new tomb, in which no one was yet laid;

    42there, therefore, because of the preparation of the Jews, because the tomb was nigh, they laid Jesus.

  • Luke 23:52-53
    2 verses
    80%

    52he, having gone near to Pilate, asked the body of Jesus,

    53and having taken it down, he wrapped it in fine linen, and placed it in a tomb hewn out, where no one was yet laid.

  • Luke 23:55-56
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    80%

    55and the women also who have come with him out of Galilee having followed after, beheld the tomb, and how his body was placed,

    56and having turned back, they made ready spices and ointments, and on the sabbath, indeed, they rested, according to the command.

  • Matt 27:57-64
    8 verses
    77%

    57And evening having come, there came a rich man, from Arimathea, named Joseph, who also himself was discipled to Jesus,

    58he having gone near to Pilate, asked for himself the body of Jesus; then Pilate commanded the body to be given back.

    59And having taken the body, Joseph wrapped it in clean linen,

    60and laid it in his new tomb, that he hewed in the rock, and having rolled a great stone to the door of the tomb, he went away;

    61and there were there Mary the Magdalene, and the other Mary, sitting over-against the sepulchre.

    62And on the morrow that is after the preparation, were gathered together the chief priests, and the Pharisees, unto Pilate,

    63saying, `Sir, we have remembered that that deceiver said while yet living, After three days I do rise;

    64command, then, the sepulchre to be made secure till the third day, lest his disciples, having come by night, may steal him away, and may say to the people, He rose from the dead, and the last deceit shall be worse than the first.'

  • Luke 24:1-2
    2 verses
    76%

    1And on the first of the sabbaths, at early dawn, they came to the tomb, bearing the spices they made ready, and certain `others' with them,

    2and they found the stone having been rolled away from the tomb,

  • Mark 15:45-47
    3 verses
    76%

    45and having known `it' from the centurion, he granted the body to Joseph.

    46And he, having brought fine linen, and having taken him down, wrapped him in the linen, and laid him in a sepulchre that had been hewn out of a rock, and he rolled a stone unto the door of the sepulchre,

    47and Mary the Magdalene, and Mary of Joses, were beholding where he is laid.

  • John 19:31
    75%

    31The Jews, therefore, that the bodies might not remain on the cross on the sabbath, since it was the preparation, (for that sabbath day was a great one,) asked of Pilate that their legs may be broken, and they taken away.

  • Matt 28:1
    74%

    1And on the eve of the sabbaths, at the dawn, toward the first of the sabbaths, came Mary the Magdalene, and the other Mary, to see the sepulchre,

  • Mark 16:1-3
    3 verses
    73%

    1And the sabbath having past, Mary the Magdalene, and Mary of James, and Salome, bought spices, that having come, they may anoint him,

    2and early in the morning of the first of the sabbaths, they come unto the sepulchre, at the rising of the sun,

    3and they said among themselves, `Who shall roll away for us the stone out of the door of the sepulchre?'

  • Acts 13:29
    73%

    29and when they did complete all the things written about him, having taken `him' down from the tree, they laid him in a tomb;

  • Luke 23:44-45
    2 verses
    72%

    44And it was, as it were, the sixth hour, and darkness came over all the land till the ninth hour,

    45and the sun was darkened, and the vail of the sanctuary was rent in the midst,

  • Luke 22:7
    71%

    7And the day of the unleavened food came, in which it was behoving the passover to be sacrificed,

  • John 20:1
    71%

    1And on the first of the sabbaths, Mary the Magdalene doth come early (there being yet darkness) to the tomb, and she seeth the stone having been taken away out of the tomb,

  • Luke 24:7
    71%

    7saying -- It behoveth the Son of Man to be delivered up to the hands of sinful men, and to be crucified, and the third day to rise again.'

  • Luke 24:20-22
    3 verses
    70%

    20how also the chief priests and our rulers did deliver him up to a judgment of death, and crucified him;

    21and we were hoping that he it is who is about to redeem Israel, and also with all these things, this third day is passing to-day, since these things happened.

    22`And certain women of ours also astonished us, coming early to the tomb,

  • Mark 14:1
    70%

    1And the passover and the unleavened food were after two days, and the chief priests and the scribes were seeking how, by guile, having taken hold of him, they might kill him;

  • John 11:17
    70%

    17Jesus, therefore, having come, found him having been four days already in the tomb.

  • Matt 27:66
    69%

    66and they, having gone, did make the sepulchre secure, having sealed the stone, together with the watch.

  • Mark 15:1
    69%

    1And immediately, in the morning, the chief priests having made a consultation, with the elders, and scribes, and the whole sanhedrim, having bound Jesus, did lead away, and delivered `him' to Pilate;

  • Luke 22:1
    69%

    1And the feast of the unleavened food was coming nigh, that is called Passover,

  • Matt 26:2
    69%

    2`Ye have known that after two days the passover cometh, and the Son of Man is delivered up to be crucified.'

  • Luke 24:12
    69%

    12And Peter having risen, did run to the tomb, and having stooped down he seeth the linen clothes lying alone, and he went away to his own home, wondering at that which was come to pass.

  • Matt 14:12
    69%

    12And his disciples having come, took up the body, and buried it, and having come, they told Jesus,

  • Luke 22:13
    69%

    13and they, having gone away, found as he hath said to them, and they made ready the passover.

  • Mark 6:29
    69%

    29and having heard, his disciples came and took up his corpse, and laid it in the tomb.

  • Mark 14:16
    68%

    16And his disciples went forth, and came to the city, and found as he said to them, and they made ready the passover.

  • Acts 1:12
    68%

    12Then did they return to Jerusalem from the mount that is called of Olives, that is near Jerusalem, a sabbath's journey;