World English Bible
Luke 23:54
“It was the day of the Preparation, and the Sabbath was drawing near.”
Verse in context — Luke 23
52
this man went to Pilate, and asked for Jesus' body.
53
He took it down, and wrapped it in a linen cloth, and laid him in a tomb that was cut in stone, where no one had ever been laid.
54
It was the day of the Preparation, and the Sabbath was drawing near.
55
The women, who had come with him out of Galilee, followed after, and saw the tomb, and how his body was laid.
56
They returned, and prepared spices and ointments. On the Sabbath they rested according to the commandment.
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