Luke Chapter 23 verse 54 Holy Bible
And it was the day of the Preparation, and the sabbath drew on.
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Now it was the day of making ready and the Sabbath was coming on.
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And it was preparation day, and [the] sabbath twilight was coming on.
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And that day was the preparation, and the sabbath drew on.
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It was the day of the Preparation, and the Sabbath was drawing near.
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And the day was a preparation, and sabbath was approaching,
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Pulpit Commentary
Pulpit CommentaryVerse 54. - And that day was the preparation, and the sabbath drew on. It was the preparation for the sabbath, but more especially for the great Passover Feast. St. John, for this reason, calls the coming sabbath "a high day." Drew on; literally began to dawn; although the sabbath began at sunset, the whole time of darkness was regarded as anticipatory of the dawn. The evening of Friday was sometimes even called "the daybreak."
Ellicott's Commentary
Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers(54) That day was the preparation.--See Note on Matthew 27:52.The sabbath drew on.--Literally, the Sabbath was dawning. It is a question whether the word is used here of the actual beginning of the Sabbath--which was, of course, at sunset after the Crucifixion--or, as St. Matthew appears to use it (28:1), for the actual dawn. The later Rabbis appear to have spoken of the day "dawning" in the sense of its beginning at sunset, and so far support the former interpretation. It was possible, however, under the emergencies of the case, that the entombment began before the sunset, and may have been finished during the night, or that, in common speech and usage, the Sabbath, though theoretically beginning on Friday evening at sunset, was not practically recognised till Saturday at sunrise.
