# Luke 23.54 **Book:** [Luke](/codex/luke-the-evangelist/) · NASB95 ## Immediate context (±2 verses) **ASV** ([ASV](/codex/asv/)) > 52. this man went to Pilate, and asked for the body of Jesus. 53. And he took it down, and wrapped it in a linen cloth, and laid him in a tomb that was hewn in stone, where never man had yet lain. > > **54. And it was the day of the Preparation, and the sabbath drew on.** > > 55. And the women, who had come with him out of Galilee, followed after, and beheld the tomb, and how his body was laid. 56. And they returned, and prepared spices and ointments. And on the sabbath they rested according to the commandment. (Luke 23:52-56, ASV) **WEB** ([WEB](/codex/web/)) > 52. this man went to Pilate, and asked for Jesus’ body. 53. He took it down, and wrapped it in a linen cloth, and laid him in a tomb that was cut in stone, where no one had ever been laid. > > **54. It was the day of the Preparation, and the Sabbath was drawing near.** > > 55. The women, who had come with him out of Galilee, followed after, and saw the tomb, and how his body was laid. 56. They returned, and prepared spices and ointments. On the Sabbath they rested according to the commandment. (Luke 23:52-56, WEB) **KJV** ([KJV](/codex/kjv/)) > 52. This man went unto Pilate, and begged the body of Jesus. 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. > > **54. And that day was the preparation, and the sabbath drew on.** > > 55. And the women also, which came with him from Galilee, followed after, and beheld the sepulchre, and how his body was laid. 56. And they returned, and prepared spices and ointments; and rested the sabbath day according to the commandment. (Luke 23:52-56, KJV) **YLT** ([YLT](/codex/ylt/)) > 52. he, having gone near to Pilate, asked the body of Jesus, 53. and having taken it down, he wrapped it in fine linen, and placed it in a tomb hewn out, where no one was yet laid. > > **54. And the day was a preparation, and sabbath was approaching,** > > 55. and the women also who have come with him out of Galilee having followed after, beheld the tomb, and how his body was placed, 56. and having turned back, they made ready spices and ointments, and on the sabbath, indeed, they rested, according to the command. (Luke 23:52-56, YLT) ## Setting - **Speaker:** _TBD_ - **Audience:** _TBD_ - **Location:** _TBD_ - **Time period:** _TBD_ ## Theological reading _Patristic / early-church-father exegesis, to be added._ ## Key words _Theologically-loaded Greek or Hebrew words in this verse may have entries in the lexicon. Curated to roughly 100 contested terms across the corpus, not every word._ - _TBD_ - _TBD_ - _TBD_ - _TBD_ ## Quoted in **Arguments and defeaters:** - [Jesus Was Not Dead Three Days and Three Nights Objection Defeater](/codex/jesus-was-not-dead-three-days-and-three-nights-objection-defeater/) ## Notes _Your annotations._ --- _Scripture quotations taken from the **New American Standard Bible®** (NASB), Copyright © 1960, 1971, 1977, 1995 by **The Lockman Foundation**. Used by permission. All rights reserved. [www.lockman.org](https://www.lockman.org)_ ## Why these four translations ris3n chose ASV, WEB, KJV, and YLT for two reasons together. They are the **most literal English translations available** (formal-equivalence: word-for-word renderings that preserve the Hebrew and Greek grammar rather than smoothing it into modern dynamic-equivalence idiom). And they are in the **public domain in the United States**, which means fair-use quotation at any length requires no publisher license. Modern licensed translations (NASB95, ESV, NIV) restrict volume of quotation under their copyright terms, so they are not used at stub-level coverage here. NASB95 appears only on hand-curated rich passage hubs under Lockman Foundation's fair-use allowance. The four: - **[ASV](/codex/asv/)** (American Standard Version, 1901). The basis of the modern critical-text English tradition. - **[WEB](/codex/web/)** (World English Bible, contemporary). Public-domain revision in the ASV line, in current English. - **[KJV](/codex/kjv/)** (King James Version, 1611). Reformation-era, Textus Receptus base. - **[YLT](/codex/ylt/)** (Young's Literal Translation, Robert Young, 1862). Hyper-literal preservation of Hebrew and Greek grammar; useful for word-study work even where English reads stiff. See [Bibles](/codex/bibles/) for the full per-translation history, translators, textual basis, strengths, and weaknesses.