Luke 23 · Verse 54

Luke 23:54

And that day was the preparation, and the sabbath drew on.
Luke 23:54, King James Version

Luke 23:54 in other translations

BSBIt was Preparation Day, and the Sabbath was beginning.
WEBIt was the day of the Preparation, and the Sabbath was drawing near.
ASVAnd it was the day of the Preparation, and the sabbath drew on.
YLTAnd the day was a preparation, and sabbath was approaching,
DARBYAnd it was preparation day, and the sabbath twilight was coming on.
BBENow it was the day of making ready and the Sabbath was coming on.
WebsterAnd that day was the preparation, and the sabbath drew on.

What does Luke 23:54 mean?

Barnes' Notes
Verse 54.

(r) "the preparation" Mt 27:62

Albert Barnes, 1834 · public domain

Adam Clarke's Commentary
Verse 54 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. The Jews always lighted up candles on the Sabbath; and it was a solemn precept that, "if a man had not bread to eat, he must beg from door to door to get a little oil to set up his Sabbath light." The night of the Sabbath drew on, which the Jews were accustomed to call the light. See Lightfoot.

Adam Clarke, 1831 · public domain

Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on Luke 23:50-56

Many, though they do not make any show in outward profession, yet, like Joseph of Arimathea, will be far more ready to do real service, when there is occasion, than others who make a greater noise. Christ was buried in haste, because the sabbath drew on. Weeping must not hinder sowing. Though they were in tears for the death of their Lord, yet they must prepare to keep holy the sabbath. When the sabbath draws on…

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Luke 23:54 in the original Greek

Word-by-word with transliteration, English gloss and Strong's number. Tap a number for the full definition and every place the word is used.

ΚαὶKaiAndG2532
ἡμέραhēmera[the] DayG2250
ἦνēnit wasG1510
παρασκευῆς,paraskeuēsof Preparation,G3904
καὶkaiandG2532
σάββατονsabbatonSabbathG4521
ἐπέφωσκεν.epephōskenwas just beginning.G2020

Source: STEPBible TAHOT/TAGNT (Tyndale House, CC BY 4.0).

Cross references for Luke 23:54

  • Matthew 27:62

    Now the next day, that followed the day of the preparation, the chief priests and Pharisees came together unto Pilate,

  • John 19:31

    The Jews therefore, because it was the preparation, that the bodies should not remain upon the cross on the sabbath day, (for that sabbath day was an high day,) besought Pilate that their legs might be broken, and that they might be taken away.

  • Mark 15:42

    And now when the even was come, because it was the preparation, that is, the day before the sabbath,

  • John 19:14

    And it was the preparation of the passover, and about the sixth hour: and he saith unto the Jews, Behold your King!

  • John 19:42

    There laid they Jesus therefore because of the Jews’ preparation day; for the sepulchre was nigh at hand.

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Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
Mt 27:62; Joh 19:14,31,42

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Context

  • Luke 23:53

    And he took it down, and wrapped it in linen, and laid it in a sepulchre that was hewn in stone, wherein never man before was laid.

  • Luke 23:54

    And that day was the preparation, and the sabbath drew on.

  • Luke 23:55

    And the women also, which came with him from Galilee, followed after, and beheld the sepulchre, and how his body was laid.

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Luke 23:54 in other languages

Spanish
Reina-Valera 1909
Y era día de la víspera de la Pascua; y estaba para rayar el sábado.
French
Bible J.N. Darby 1885
Et c’était le jour de la Préparation et le crépuscule du sabbat.
German
Elberfelder 1871
Und es war Rüsttag, und der Sabbath brach an.
Latin
Clementine Vulgate
Et dies erat parasceves, et sabbatum illucescebat.