And that day was the preparation, and the sabbath drew on.
And it was the day of the Preparation, and the sabbath drew on.
And the day was a preparation, and sabbath was approaching,
And it was preparation day, and [the] sabbath twilight was coming on.
Luke — Luke's 'orderly account' (1:3) follows Jesus from Bethlehem through the long travel narrative to Jerusalem and the Emmaus road.
Rare words are the text's own signal of a deliberate thread — the fewer the occurrences, the more the places it appears belong together.
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Third, regarding the opportuneness of the time, he says: And it was the day of preparation, and the Sabbath was dawning. The day of preparation is Friday, which is therefore called parasceve, which is interpreted as "preparation," because on it were prepared the things that …
And that day was the preparation,....
John Gill· Exposition of the New Testament (1746-1748)reformed
And the Sabbath drew on - Or, The Sabbath was lighting up, επεφωσκε, i.e. with the candles which the Jews light just before six in the evening, when the Sabbath commences. The same word is used for the dawning of the day, Mat 28:1. Wakefield.
Adam Clarke· Commentary on the Bible, 1832evangelical
The walk8
Follow this verse’s cross-references two steps out. Each card is a verse this one points to, and beneath it the verses that one points to in turn. Where several different paths arrive at the same place, that place is listed first — the text keeps returning to it. Every stop shows its own words, and every stop is a page.
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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…
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It was the day of Preparation for the Passover, about the sixth hour. And Pilate said to the Jews, “Here is your King!”
Reached by 3 independent paths from here.
And because it was the Jewish day of Preparation and the tomb was nearby, they placed Jesus there.
Reached by 3 independent paths from here.
He hung the king of Ai on a tree until evening, and at sunset Joshua commanded that they take down the body from the tree and throw it down at the entrance of the…
On the first day you are to hold a sacred assembly, and another on the seventh day. You must not do any work on those days, except to prepare the meals—that is all you…
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Matthew 27:62The next day, the one after Preparation Day, the chief priests and Pharisees assembled before Pilate.
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Now it was already evening. Since it was Preparation Day (that is, the day before the Sabbath),
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John 19:42And because it was the Jewish day of Preparation and the tomb was nearby, they placed Jesus there.
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It 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…
Reached by 3 independent paths from here.
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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!”
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The next day, the one after Preparation Day, the chief priests and Pharisees assembled before Pilate.
When Jesus came out wearing the crown of thorns and the purple robe, Pilate said to them, “Here is the man!”
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The verses this one reaches6
The next day, the one after Preparation Day, the chief priests and Pharisees assembled before Pilate.
It 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.
Now it was already evening. Since it was Preparation Day (that is, the day before the Sabbath),
When the Sabbath was over, Mary Magdalene, Mary the mother of James, and Salome bought spices so they could go and anoint the body of Jesus.
It was the day of Preparation for the Passover, about the sixth hour. And Pilate said to the Jews, “Here is your King!”
And because it was the Jewish day of Preparation and the tomb was nearby, they placed Jesus there.
