Luke 23:54
And that day was the preparation, and the sabbath drew on.
And that day was the Preparation, and the Sabbath drew on.
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- Matthew 27:62Rank 1 from verse 54
- John 19:31Rank 2 from verse 54
31The 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.
31The Iewes therefore, because it was the preparation, that the bodies should not remaine vpon the Crosse 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.
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Luke 23:54
Sense 1: Light or the period of light between morning and evening, as distinguished from night. Sense 2: A complete daily cycle. Sense 3: A specified time, occasion, period, age, or season.
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preparation
The act or operation of preparing or fitting for a particular purpose, use, service or condition.
Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references · Webster 1828
An appointed holy rest or cessation from ordinary labour; especially the seventh-day rest, or a sabbatical rest for the land.
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1. Came or approached, especially in “drew near,” “drew nigh,” or “drew on.” 2. Pulled, dragged, led, or caused to move toward, along, away, or out. 3. Took or brought something out or up, as water, a sword, staves, or a shoe. 4. Bent a bow by pulling its string.
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1. At, upon, or in contact with the named place, object, side, or time. 2. Toward, against, concerning, depending upon, or directed to the named person or thing. 3. Forward or continuing; in joined expressions such as go on, put on, and lay hold on, the other words supply the particular action.
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53And 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.
53And he tooke it downe, and wrapped it in linnen, and layd it in a Sepulchre that was hewen in stone, wherein neuer man before was layd.
54And that day was the preparation, and the sabbath drew on.
54And that day was the Preparation, and the Sabbath drew on.
Selected passage55And the women also, which came with him from Galilee, followed after, and beheld the sepulchre, and how his body was laid.
55And the women also which came with him from Galilee, followed after, and beheld the Sepulchre, and how his body was layd.