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What Does the Bible Say About Preparation Day?

Here are 5 Bible verses about preparation day, ordered by how relevant readers found them, with the King James Version and the modern Berean Standard Bible side by side.

  1. #1John 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.

    BSBIt 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.

  2. #2Mark 15:42

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

    BSBNow it was already evening. Since it was Preparation Day (that is, the day before the Sabbath),

  3. #3Luke 23:56

    And they returned, and prepared spices and ointments; and rested the sabbath day according to the commandment.

    BSBThen they returned to prepare spices and perfumes. And they rested on the Sabbath, according to the commandment.

  4. #4Luke 23:54

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

    BSBIt was Preparation Day, and the Sabbath was beginning.

  5. #5Mark 16:1

    And when the sabbath was past, Mary Magdalene, and Mary the mother of James, and Salome, had bought sweet spices, that they might come and anoint him.

    BSBWhen 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.

Verse rankings: OpenBible.info Topical Bible (CC BY). Scripture: KJV & BSB (public domain).

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