It was the day of the Preparation, and the Sabbath was drawing near.
Parallel translations
- KJV And that day was the preparation, and the sabbath drew on.
- BSB It was Preparation Day, and the Sabbath was beginning.
- NKJV That day was the Preparation, and the Sabbath drew near.
- NASB It was a preparation day, and a Sabbath was about to begin.
- NLT This was done late on Friday afternoon, the day of preparation, as the Sabbath was about to begin.
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Cross-references · 5
- Matt 27:62Now on the next day, which was the day after the Preparation Day, the chief priests and the Pharisees were gathered together to Pilate,
- John 19:31Therefore the Jews, because it was the Preparation Day, so that the bodies wouldn’t remain on the cross on the Sabbath (for that Sabbath was a special one), asked of Pilate that their legs might be broken, and that they might be taken away.
- Mark 15:42When evening had now come, because it was the Preparation Day, that is, the day before the Sabbath,
- John 19:14Now it was the Preparation Day of the Passover, at about the sixth hour. He said to the Jews, “Behold, your King!”
- John 19:42Then because of the Jews’ Preparation Day (for the tomb was near at hand) they laid Jesus there.
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