Parallel Verses
Worrell New Testament
And it was a day of Preparation, and a sabbath was approaching.
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.
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.
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, taking it down, he wrapped it in fine linen, and placed Him in a tomb, hewn in a stone, where no one was yet laid. 54 And it was a day of Preparation, and a sabbath was approaching. 55 And the women who had accompanied Him out of Galilee, following after, beheld the tomb, and how His body was laid.
Phrases
Cross References
Matthew 27:62
And on the morrow which, indeed, is the day after the Preparation, the high priests and the Pharisees were gathered together to Pilate,
John 19:31
The Jews, therefore, (since it was the Preparation), that the bodies might not remain on the cross on the sabbath, (for the day of that sabbath was great), asked of Pilate that their legs might be broken, and they be taken away.
Mark 15:42
And, evening having already come, since it was the Preparation, that is, the day before the sabbath,
John 19:14
And it was the Preparation of the passover: it was about the sixth hour. And he says to the Jews, "Behold, your King!"
John 19:42
There, therefore, on account of the Preparation of the Jews (because the tomb was near), they laid Jesus.