Parallel Verses
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
New American Standard Bible
It was
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.
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,
Themes
Days » Feast of » Of preparation
Jesus Christ » History of » Taken down from the cross and buried (just outside jerusalem)
Joseph » Of arimathaea » Begs for the body of jesus for burial in his own tomb
Interlinear
References
Morish
Word Count of 37 Translations in Luke 23:54
Verse Info
Context Readings
Jesus Is Buried
53 [Upon receiving permission] he took it down [from the cross] and wrapped it in a linen cloth, and placed it in a grave site, cut out of [a ledge of] rock, where no one had ever been buried. 54 This happened on the Day of Preparation [for the Passover Festival], as the Sabbath day was about to begin [i.e., shortly before 55 The women who had accompanied Jesus from Galilee followed behind [those carrying the body] and saw where the grave site was and how His body was placed in it.
Phrases
Cross References
Matthew 27:62
Now on the following day, which was the day after the Preparation [for the Passover Festival], the leading priests and Pharisees assembled in front of Pilate
John 19:31
Now it was the Day of Preparation [Note: This was the day before the Passover Festival began, and fell on a Friday that year], and the Jews did not permit bodies to remain on a cross over the Sabbath day. (Besides, that Sabbath day was a special day [i.e., since it was both the Passover and the regular weekly Sabbath, as well]). So, they asked Pilate to have Jesus' and the criminals' legs broken [i.e., to speed up their deaths] and then have their bodies taken away.
Mark 15:42
When evening had come, and since it was the day of Preparation [for the Passover Festival], being the day before the [special] Sabbath Day,
John 19:14
Now it was about six o'clock in the morning [Note: This was according to Roman time, but if Jewish time were meant, it would have been
John 19:42
So, they placed Jesus' body there, for it was the Day of Preparation and that was the closest grave site. [Note: Since this was the day before the Passover Festival, and the next day was also the regular weekly Sabbath, they had to bury the body before sundown to comply with Jewish restrictions against working on a Sabbath day].