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Tyndale Open Study Notes on Luke 23:54

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Tyndale Open Study Notes
Tyndale House Publishers · Modern study notes
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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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