The Burial of Jesus
Luke 23:54
In 9 translations
- BSB
- It was Preparation Day, and the Sabbath was beginning.Or was about to begin
- KJV
- And that day was the preparation, and the sabbath drew on.
- WEB
- It was the day of the Preparation, and the Sabbath was drawing near.
- ASV
- And it was the day of the Preparation, and the sabbath drew on.
- LSV
- And it was [the] Day of Preparation, and Sabbath was approaching,
- YLT
- And the day was a preparation, and sabbath was approaching,
- DBY
- And it was preparation day, and [the] sabbath twilight was coming on.
- DRC
- And it was the day of the Parasceve, and the sabbath drew on.
- GNV
- And that day was the preparation, and the Sabbath drewe on.
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- NA28, NA27, Tyndale House, SBLGNT (2010), Westcott–Hort, Tregelles, Textus Receptus read παρασκευῆς (“of Preparation”); Byzantine text read Παρασκευή (“Preparation”).
- In STEPBible’s comparison, NA28, NA27, Tyndale House, SBLGNT (2010), Westcott–Hort, Tregelles, Textus Receptus include καὶ (“and”); Byzantine text do not include this wording.
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- SBLGNT: παρασκευῆς καὶ. Westcott and Hort (1881), Tregelles, Nestle–Aland 28th edition read παρασκευῆς καὶ; Robinson–Pierpont read Παρασκευή.
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Original-language editions
- SBLGNT
- καὶ ἡμέρα ἦν παρασκευῆς, καὶ σάββατον ἐπέφωσκεν.
- RP2018
- Καὶ ἡμέρα ἦν Παρασκευή, σάββατον ἐπέφωσκεν.
- TR-Boyd
- Καὶ ἡμέρα ἦν Παρασκευή, καὶ σάββατον ἐπέφωσκε.
- SCR1894
- και ημερα ην παρασκευη και σαββατον επεφωσκεν
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- Matthew 27:62The next day, the one after Preparation Day, the chief priests and Pharisees assembled before Pilate.
- John 19:31It was the day of Preparation, and the next day was a High Sabbath. In order that the bodies would not remain on the cross during the Sabbath, the Jews asked Pilate to have the legs broken and the bodies removed.
- Mark 15:42Now it was already evening. Since it was Preparation Day (that is, the day before the Sabbath),
- John 19:14It was the day of Preparation for the Passover, about the sixth hour. And Pilate said to the Jews, “Here is your King!”
- John 19:42And because it was the Jewish day of Preparation and the tomb was nearby, they placed Jesus there.
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