Preparation Day

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.

When evening had now come, because it was the Preparation Day, that is, the day before the Sabbath,

They returned, and prepared spices and ointments. On the Sabbath they rested according to the commandment.

It was the day of the Preparation, and the Sabbath was drawing near.

When the Sabbath was past, Mary Magdalene, and Mary the mother of James, and Salome, bought spices, that they might come and anoint him.

Now it was the Preparation Day of the Passover, at about the sixth hour. He said to the Jews, “Behold, your King!”

But on the first day of the week, at early dawn, they and some others came to the tomb, bringing the spices which they had prepared.

Now after the Sabbath, as it began to dawn on the first day of the week, Mary Magdalene and the other Mary came to see the tomb.

Now on the next day, which was the day after the Preparation Day, the chief priests and the Pharisees were gathered together to Pilate,

Now when he had risen early on the first day of the week, he appeared first to Mary Magdalene, from whom he had cast out seven demons.

For as Jonah was three days and three nights in the belly of the whale, so will the Son of Man be three days and three nights in the heart of the earth.

He said to them, “This is that which Yahweh has spoken, ‘Tomorrow is a solemn rest, a holy Sabbath to Yahweh. Bake that which you want to bake, and boil that which you want to boil; and all that remains over lay up for yourselves to be kept until the morning.’” — read the full passage →

Then because of the Jews’ Preparation Day (for the tomb was near at hand) they laid Jesus there.

They led Jesus therefore from Caiaphas into the Praetorium. It was early, and they themselves didn’t enter into the Praetorium, that they might not be defiled, but might eat the Passover.

But we were hoping that it was he who would redeem Israel. Yes, and besides all this, it is now the third day since these things happened.

It shall be a Sabbath of solemn rest for you, and you shall deny yourselves. In the ninth day of the month at evening, from evening to evening, you shall keep your Sabbath.”

Now on the first day of the week, Mary Magdalene went early, while it was still dark, to the tomb, and saw the stone taken away from the tomb.

After these things, Joseph of Arimathaea, being a disciple of Jesus, but secretly for fear of the Jews, asked of Pilate that he might take away Jesus’ body. Pilate gave him permission. He came therefore and took away his body. — read the full passage →

Now before the feast of the Passover, Jesus, knowing that his time had come that he would depart from this world to the Father, having loved his own who were in the world, he loved them to the end.

At the ninth hour Jesus cried with a loud voice, saying, “Eloi, Eloi, lama sabachthani?” which is, being interpreted, “My God, my God, why have you forsaken me?”

From that time, Jesus began to show his disciples that he must go to Jerusalem and suffer many things from the elders, chief priests, and scribes, and be killed, and the third day be raised up.

that he was buried, that he was raised on the third day according to the Scriptures,

God raised him up the third day, and gave him to be revealed,

He said to them, “Thus it is written, and thus it was necessary for the Christ to suffer and to rise from the dead the third day,

He began to teach them that the Son of Man must suffer many things, and be rejected by the elders, the chief priests, and the scribes, and be killed, and after three days rise again.

and they will kill him, and the third day he will be raised up.” They were exceedingly sorry.

Yahweh spoke to Moses, saying, — read the full passage →

When Jesus therefore had received the vinegar, he said, “It is finished.” He bowed his head, and gave up his spirit.

He said to them, “Come, and see.” They came and saw where he was staying, and they stayed with him that day. It was about the tenth hour.

saying that the Son of Man must be delivered up into the hands of sinful men, and be crucified, and the third day rise again?”

Command therefore that the tomb be made secure until the third day, lest perhaps his disciples come at night and steal him away, and tell the people, ‘He is risen from the dead;’ and the last deception will be worse than the first.”

Now on the first day of unleavened bread, the disciples came to Jesus, saying to him, “Where do you want us to prepare for you to eat the Passover?”

For Yahweh restores the excellency of Jacob, as the excellency of Israel; for the destroyers have destroyed them, and ruined their vine branches. — read the full passage →

My little children, I write these things to you so that you may not sin. If anyone sins, we have a Counselor with the Father, Jesus Christ, the righteous. — read the full passage →

On the first day of the week, let each one of you save, as he may prosper, that no collections be made when I come.

When therefore it was evening, on that day, the first day of the week, and when the doors were locked where the disciples were assembled, for fear of the Jews, Jesus came and stood in the midst, and said to them, “Peace be to you.”

For some thought, because Judas had the money box, that Jesus said to him, “Buy what things we need for the feast,” or that he should give something to the poor.

Didn’t the Christ have to suffer these things and to enter into his glory?”

The sun was darkened, and the veil of the temple was torn in two.

It was now about the sixth hour, and darkness came over the whole land until the ninth hour.

He said to them, “I have earnestly desired to eat this Passover with you before I suffer,

saying, “The Son of Man must suffer many things, and be rejected by the elders, chief priests, and scribes, and be killed, and the third day be raised up.”

When evening had now come, because it was the Preparation Day, that is, the day before the Sabbath, — read the full passage →

Those who passed by blasphemed him, wagging their heads, and saying, “Ha! You who destroy the temple, and build it in three days,

On the first day of unleavened bread, when they sacrificed the Passover, his disciples asked him, “Where do you want us to go and prepare that you may eat the Passover?”

For he was teaching his disciples, and said to them, “The Son of Man is being handed over to the hands of men, and they will kill him; and when he is killed, on the third day he will rise again.”

He is not here, for he has risen, just like he said. Come, see the place where the Lord was lying.

Jesus cried again with a loud voice, and yielded up his spirit.

About the ninth hour Jesus cried with a loud voice, saying, “Eli, Eli, limasabachthani?” That is, “My God, my God, why have you forsaken me?”

and saying, “You who destroy the temple, and build it in three days, save yourself! If you are the Son of God, come down from the cross!”

Then Jesus came with them to a place called Gethsemane, and said to his disciples, “Sit here, while I go there and pray.” — read the full passage →

and will hand him over to the Gentiles to mock, to scourge, and to crucify; and the third day he will be raised up.”

In the first day you shall have a holy convocation. You shall do no regular work.

On the fifteenth day of the same month is the feast of unleavened bread to Yahweh. Seven days you shall eat unleavened bread.

They shall take some of the blood, and put it on the two door posts and on the lintel, on the houses in which they shall eat it.

and you shall keep it until the fourteenth day of the same month; and the whole assembly of the congregation of Israel shall kill it at evening.

God called the light “day”, and the darkness he called “night”. There was evening and there was morning, the first day.

One man esteems one day as more important. Another esteems every day alike. Let each man be fully assured in his own mind.

Jesus said to her, “Don’t hold me, for I haven’t yet ascended to my Father; but go to my brothers, and tell them, ‘I am ascending to my Father and your Father, to my God and your God.’”

Jesus answered him, “Will you lay down your life for me? Most certainly I tell you, the rooster won’t crow until you have denied me three times.

Therefore having received that morsel, he went out immediately. It was night.

For some thought, because Judas had the money box, that Jesus said to him, “Buy what things we need for the feast,” or that he should give something to the poor. — read the full passage →

Jesus answered, “Aren’t there twelve hours of daylight? If a man walks in the day, he doesn’t stumble, because he sees the light of this world.

The Jews therefore said, “It took forty-six years to build this temple! Will you raise it up in three days?”

Jesus answered them, “Destroy this temple, and in three days I will raise it up.”

He isn’t here, but is risen. Remember what he told you when he was still in Galilee,

They found the stone rolled away from the tomb. — read the full passage →

But on the first day of the week, at early dawn, they and some others came to the tomb, bringing the spices which they had prepared. — read the full passage →

Jesus, crying with a loud voice, said, “Father, into your hands I commit my spirit!” Having said this, he breathed his last.

Very early on the first day of the week, they came to the tomb when the sun had risen.

Jesus cried out with a loud voice, and gave up the spirit.

The superscription of his accusation was written over him, “THE KING OF THE JEWS.”

“We heard him say, ‘I will destroy this temple that is made with hands, and in three days I will build another made without hands.’”

They came to a place which was named Gethsemane. He said to his disciples, “Sit here, while I pray.” — read the full passage →

saying, “Sir, we remember what that deceiver said while he was still alive: ‘After three days I will rise again.’

Now on the next day, which was the day after the Preparation Day, the chief priests and the Pharisees were gathered together to Pilate, — read the full passage →

and said, “This man said, ‘I am able to destroy the temple of God, and to build it in three days.’”

“Go, gather together all the Jews who are present in Shushan, and fast for me, and neither eat nor drink three days, night or day. I and my maidens will also fast the same way. Then I will go in to the king, which is against the law; and if I perish, I perish.”

And he is the atoning sacrifice for our sins, and not for ours only, but also for the whole world.

Putting away therefore all wickedness, all deceit, hypocrisies, envies, and all evil speaking, — read the full passage →

looking to Jesus, the author and perfecter of faith, who for the joy that was set before him endured the cross, despising its shame, and has sat down at the right hand of the throne of God.

I exhort therefore, first of all, that petitions, prayers, intercessions, and givings of thanks, be made for all men: — read the full passage →

Paul, Silvanus, and Timothy, to the assembly of the Thessalonians in God our Father, and the Lord Jesus Christ: — read the full passage →

Paul, an apostle of Christ Jesus through the will of God, and Timothy our brother, — read the full passage →

Therefore he says, “When he ascended on high, he led captivity captive, and gave gifts to men.”

If it is appropriate for me to go also, they will go with me.

For I delivered to you first of all that which I also received: that Christ died for our sins according to the Scriptures,

When I came to you, brothers, I didn’t come with excellence of speech or of wisdom, proclaiming to you the testimony of God. — read the full passage →

On the first day of the week, when the disciples were gathered together to break bread, Paul talked with them, intending to depart on the next day, and continued his speech until midnight.

Paul, as was his custom, went in to them, and for three Sabbath days reasoned with them from the Scriptures,

We are witnesses of everything he did both in the country of the Jews, and in Jerusalem; whom they also killed, hanging him on a tree.

who also said, “You men of Galilee, why do you stand looking into the sky? This Jesus, who was received up from you into the sky will come back in the same way as you saw him going into the sky.”

Therefore many of the Jews read this title, for the place where Jesus was crucified was near the city; and it was written in Hebrew, in Latin, and in Greek.

Pilate wrote a title also, and put it on the cross. There was written, “JESUS OF NAZARETH, THE KING OF THE JEWS.”

He went out, bearing his cross, to the place called “The Place of a Skull”, which is called in Hebrew, “Golgotha”,

Jesus therefore, knowing all the things that were happening to him, went out, and said to them, “Who are you looking for?”

Judas then, having taken a detachment of soldiers and officers from the chief priests and the Pharisees, came there with lanterns, torches, and weapons. — read the full passage →

When Jesus had said this, he was troubled in spirit, and testified, “Most certainly I tell you that one of you will betray me.” — read the full passage →

“Now my soul is troubled. What shall I say? ‘Father, save me from this time?’ But for this cause I came to this time.

But on the first day of the week, at early dawn, they and some others came to the tomb, bringing the spices which they had prepared. — read the full passage →