Parallel Verses

New American Standard Bible

It was the preparation day, and the Sabbath was about to begin.

King James Version

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

Holman Bible

It was preparation day, and the Sabbath was about to begin.

International Standard Version

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

A Conservative Version

And the day was beginning. It was a preparation Sabbath.

American Standard Version

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

Amplified

It was the day of preparation [for the Sabbath], and the Sabbath was dawning.

An Understandable Version

This happened on the Day of Preparation [for the Passover Festival], as the Sabbath day was about to begin [i.e., shortly before

Anderson New Testament

And the day was the preparation, and the sabbath was beginning.

Bible in Basic English

Now it was the day of making ready and the Sabbath was coming on.

Common New Testament

The women who had come with him from Galilee followed and saw the tomb, and how his body was laid.

Daniel Mace New Testament

now that day was the preparation, and the sabbath then drew on.

Darby Translation

And it was preparation day, and the sabbath twilight was coming on.

Godbey New Testament

And it was Preparation day, and the Sabbath was drawing nigh.

Goodspeed New Testament

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

John Wesley New Testament

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

Julia Smith Translation

And the day was the preparation, and the sabbath shone forth.

King James 2000

And that day was the preparation, and the sabbath was coming on.

Lexham Expanded Bible

And it was the day of preparation, and the Sabbath was drawing near.

Modern King James verseion

And that day was the Preparation, and the sabbath drew on.

Modern Spelling Tyndale-Coverdale

And that day was the Sabbath even; And the Sabbath drew on.

Moffatt New Testament

It was the day of the Preparation and the sabbath was just dawning.

Montgomery New Testament

And it was the day of preparation and the Sabbath was near at hand.

NET Bible

It was the day of preparation and the Sabbath was beginning.

New Heart English Bible

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

Noyes New Testament

And it was the day of preparation, and the sabbath was now coming on.

Sawyer New Testament

And the day was the preparation; the sabbath was dawning.

The Emphasized Bible

And it was a day of preparation, and, a Sabbath, was about to dawn.

Thomas Haweis New Testament

And that was the preparation-day, and the sabbath's twilight was approaching.

Twentieth Century New Testament

It was the Preparation Day, and just before the Sabbath began.

Webster

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

Weymouth New Testament

It was the Preparation Day, and the Sabbath was near at hand.

Williams New Testament

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

World English Bible

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

Worrell New Testament

And it was a day of Preparation, and a sabbath was approaching.

Worsley New Testament

Now that day was the preparation, and the sabbath was coming on:

Youngs Literal Translation

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

Interlinear

English(KJV)
Strong's
Root Form
Definition
Usage
And

and, also, even, both, then, so, likewise, not tr., , vr and
Usage: 0

ἡμέρα 
hemera 
day, daily 9, time, not tr,
Usage: 287

was
ἦν 
En 
was, were, had been, had, taught , stood , , vr was
Usage: 410

παρασκευή 
Paraskeue 
Usage: 6

and

and, also, even, both, then, so, likewise, not tr., , vr and
Usage: 0

the sabbath
σάββατον 
Sabbaton 
Usage: 48

Context Readings

Jesus Is Buried

53 And he took it down and wrapped it in a linen cloth, and laid Him in a tomb cut into the rock, where no one had ever lain. 54 It was the preparation day, and the Sabbath was about to begin. 55 Now the women who had come with Him out of Galilee followed, and saw the tomb and how His body was laid.


Cross References

Matthew 27:62

Now on the next day, the day after the preparation, the chief priests and the Pharisees gathered together with Pilate,

John 19:31

Then the Jews, because it was the day of preparation, so that the bodies would not remain on the cross on the Sabbath (for that Sabbath was a high day), asked Pilate that their legs might be broken, and that they might be taken away.

Mark 15:42

When evening had already come, because it was the preparation day, that is, the day before the Sabbath,

John 19:14

Now it was the day of preparation for the Passover; it was about the sixth hour. And he *said to the Jews, “Behold, your King!”

John 19:42

Therefore because of the Jewish day of preparation, since the tomb was nearby, they laid Jesus there.

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