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Luke 23:54

World English Bible

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

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Luke 23:54 in other translations

And it was the day of the Preparation, and the sabbath drew on.

Luke 23:54 · American Standard Version

Luke 23:54 in context

  1. 52this man went to Pilate, and asked for Jesus’ body.
  2. 53He took it down, and wrapped it in a linen cloth, and laid him in a tomb that was cut in stone, where no one had ever been laid.
  3. 54It was the day of the Preparation, and the Sabbath was drawing near.
  4. 55The women, who had come with him out of Galilee, followed after, and saw the tomb, and how his body was laid.
  5. 56They returned and prepared spices and ointments. On the Sabbath they rested according to the commandment.