Luke 23:54

54 It was Preparation Day, and the Sabbath was about to begin.

Luke 23:54 in Other Translations

KJV
54 And that day was the preparation, and the sabbath drew on.
ESV
54 It was the day of Preparation, and the Sabbath was beginning.
NLT
54 This was done late on Friday afternoon, the day of preparation, as the Sabbath was about to begin.
MSG
54 It was the day before Sabbath, the Sabbath just about to begin.
CSB
54 It was preparation day, and the Sabbath was about to begin.

Luke 23:54 In-Context

52 Going to Pilate, he asked for Jesus’ body.
53 Then he took it down, wrapped it in linen cloth and placed it in a tomb cut in the rock, one in which no one had yet been laid.
54 It was Preparation Day, and the Sabbath was about to begin.
55 The women who had come with Jesus from Galilee followed Joseph and saw the tomb and how his body was laid in it.
56 Then they went home and prepared spices and perfumes. But they rested on the Sabbath in obedience to the commandment.

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