It was the day of the Preparation, and the Sabbath was drawing near.
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It was the day of the Preparation, and the Sabbath was drawing near.
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And that daye was the Saboth even and the Saboth drue on.
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And that day was the preparation, and the Sabbath drewe on.
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Passages linked to Luke 23:54 in the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge, ordered by reader-vote popularity; verse text shown in World English Bible.
- Matthew 27:62 Now on the next day, which was the day after the Preparation Day, the chief priests and the Pharisees were gathered together to Pilate,
- John 19:31 Therefore the Jews, because it was the Preparation Day, so that the bodies wouldn’t remain on the cross on the Sabbath (for that Sabbath was a special one), asked of Pilate that their legs might be broken, and that they might be taken away.
- Mark 15:42 When evening had now come, because it was the Preparation Day, that is, the day before the Sabbath,
- John 19:14 Now it was the Preparation Day of the Passover, at about the sixth hour. He said to the Jews, “Behold, your King!”
- John 19:42 Then because of the Jews’ Preparation Day (for the tomb was near at hand) they laid Jesus there.
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Geneva Bible translators 1599 · Public Domain Word for word, dawning, as now beginning, for the…
Word for word, dawning, as now beginning, for the light of the former day drew toward the going down, and that was the day of preparation for the feast which was to be kept the day following.
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John Trapp 1656 · Public Domain 54 And that day was the preparation, and the…
54 And that day was the preparation, and the sabbath drew on.
Ver. 54. See Mat 27:61.
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Matthew Poole 1685 · Public Domain Greek, σάββατον ἐπέφωσκε, the sabbath shined. What preparation was…
Greek, σάββατον ἐπέφωσκε, the sabbath shined. What preparation was here intended, whether to the weekly sabbath of the Jews, (that it was most certainly), or to the passover also, which some will have to have been this year put off to that day, because of the concurrence of the weekly and the annual feast, I shall not determine, though the most judicious interpreters skilled in the Hebrew writings, think the passover this year was kept in its season, the night before.
And the sabbath, that is, the seventh day, drew on. The Greek word signifies shined, the propriety of which term hath cost critics some pains to make out, for it rather began to be dark than lightsome, their sabbath beginning after the setting of the sun. Some think the word referred to the evening star, which began to shine. Others, that it referred to a lamp or candle, which they were wont to set up, they call it luminare discriminationis, the light of discrimination, which being set up in their several families, the sabbath was accounted to be begun. Others think it referred to the following day. But there need not much labour in the case, for by the same reason that it is said, the evening and the morning made the sabbath day, the sabbath might be said επιφωσκειν (that is, to begin) when it began to be dark, not taking the word in a proper, but in a metaphorical sense.
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Adam Clarke 1810 · Public Domain Verse 54. And the Sabbath drew on.] Or, The…
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, Mt 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.
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Haydock's Catholic Bible Commentary 1859 · Public Domain Parasceve. That is, the eve or day of preparation…
Parasceve. That is, the eve or day of preparation for the sabbath. (Challoner) --- And the sabbath drew near. Literally, shined. The sabbath began in the evening, at sunset. It may, perhaps, be said to shine by the moonlight, at full-moon, or because of a great many lights that used to be set up at that time, on account of the great sabbath. (Witham) --- We learn from Maimon, that all the Jews were so strictly bound to keep a light in their dwellings on the sabbath-day, that although a man had not bread to eat, he was expected to be from door to door, to purchase oil for his lamp. (Pastorini)
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The Cambridge Bible for Schools and Colleges 1878 · Public Domain 54. the preparation] This word paraskeue became the ordinary…
54. the preparation] This word paraskeue became the ordinary Greek word for Friday, because on Friday the Jews diligently prepared for the Sabbath, which began at sunset. The afternoon is called prosabbaton in Mar_15:42. Jos. Antt. xvi. 6. We are told that Shammai, the almost contemporary founder of the most rigid school of legalists, used to spend the whole week in meditating how he could best observe the Sabbath.
drew on] Literally, “began to dawn.” This expression is used, although the Sabbath began at sunset (Mar_15:42), because the whole period of darkness was regarded as anticipatory of the dawn. Hence the Jews sometimes called the evening of Friday ‘the daybreak.’ When St John (Joh_19:31) calls the coming Sabbath “a high day,” the expression seems clearly to imply that it was both the Sabbath and the day of the Passover.
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Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers 1878 · Public Domain (54) That day was the preparation.—See Note on Mat_27:52.
(54) That day was the preparation.—See Note on Mat_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.
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The Pulpit Commentary 1880 · Public Domain And that day was the preparation, and the sabbath…
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."
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unfoldingWord translationNotes 2017 · CC BY-SA 4.0 the Day of the Preparation
the Day of the Preparation
"the day when people got ready for the Jewish day of rest called the Sabbath"
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the Sabbath was about to begin
For the Jews, the day began at sunset. AT: "it was soon going to be sunset, the start of the Sabbath" (See: Metaphor)
who had come with Jesus out of Galilee
"who had traveled with Jesus from the region of Galilee"
followed and saw the tomb and how his body was laid
This can be translated in active form. AT: "walked along behind Joseph and the men who were with him; the women saw the tomb and how the men laid Jesus' body inside the tomb" (See: Active or Passive)
They returned
"The women went to the houses where the women were staying"
prepared spices and ointments
Because they had had no time to honor Jesus by putting fragrant spices and ointments on his body on the day he died, they were going to do it on the morning of the first day of the week. AT: "prepared spices and ointments to put on Jesus' body" (See: Assumed Knowledge and Implicit Information)
they rested
"the women did no work"
according to the commandment
"according to the Jewish law" or "as the Jewish law required." They were not allowed to prepare his body on the Sabbath according to the law.
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Tyndale Open Study Notes 2022 · CC BY-SA 4.0 23:54 This was done late on Friday afternoon, the…
23:54 This was done late on Friday afternoon, the day of preparation: The Greek text does not explicitly refer to Friday, but simply to the day of preparation for the Sabbath of Passover week; the Sabbath began Friday evening. • as the Sabbath was about to begin: The body had to be buried quickly, because the Jews could not work during the Sabbath, which began at sunset.
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