Parallel Verses
Modern Spelling Tyndale-Coverdale
And that day was the Sabbath even; And the Sabbath drew on.
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.
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.
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 And took it down, and wrapped it in a linen cloth, and laid it in a hewn tomb, wherein was never man before laid. 54 And that day was the Sabbath even; And the Sabbath drew on. 55 The women that followed after, which came with him from Galilee, beheld the sepulchre and how his body was laid.
Phrases
Cross References
Matthew 27:62
The next day that followeth the day of preparing, the high priests and Pharisees got themselves to Pilate,
John 19:31
The Jews then, because it was the Sabbath even that the bodies should not remain upon the cross on the Sabbath day - For that Sabbath day was a high day - besought Pilate that their legs might be broken and that they might be taken down.
Mark 15:42
And now when night was come, because it was the even that goeth before the Sabbath,
John 19:14
It was the Sabbath even which falleth in the Easter feast, and about the sixth hour. And he said unto the Jews, "Behold your King."
John 19:42
There laid they Jesus because of the Jews' Sabbath even, for the sepulchre was nigh at hand.