Now on the next day, which was the day after the Preparation Day, the chief priests and the Pharisees were gathered together to Pilate,
Parallel translations
- KJV Now the next day, that followed the day of the preparation, the chief priests and Pharisees came together unto Pilate,
- BSB The next day, the one after Preparation Day, the chief priests and Pharisees assembled before Pilate.
- NKJV On the next day, which followed the Day of Preparation, the chief priests and Pharisees gathered together to Pilate,
- NASB Now on the next day, that is, the day which is after the preparation, the chief priests and the Pharisees gathered together with Pilate,
- NLT The next day, on the Sabbath, the leading priests and Pharisees went to see Pilate.
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- 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.
- Ps 2:1–6Why do the nations rage, and the peoples plot a vain thing?
- Matt 26:17Now on the first day of unleavened bread, the disciples came to Jesus, saying to him, “Where do you want us to prepare for you to eat the Passover?”
- Matt 27:1–2Now when morning had come, all the chief priests and the elders of the people took counsel against Jesus to put him to death:
- Acts 4:27–28“For truly, in this city against your holy servant, Jesus, whom you anointed, both Herod and Pontius Pilate, with the Gentiles and the people of Israel, were gathered together
- 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.
- Luke 23:54–56It was the day of the Preparation, and the Sabbath was drawing near.
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