100 Bible Verses about Preparation Day (KJV)

Here are 100 Bible verses about preparation day, curated from both the Old and New Testaments of the Holy Bible, King James Version, arranged from most to least relevant.

John 19:31 KJV

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.

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Mark 15:42 KJV

⁴²And now when the even was come, because it was the preparation, that is, the day before the sabbath,

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Luke 23:56 KJV

⁵⁶And they returned, and prepared spices and ointments; and rested the sabbath day according to the commandment.

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Luke 23:54 KJV

⁵⁴And that day was the preparation, and the sabbath drew on.

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Mark 16:1 KJV

¹And when the sabbath was past, Mary Magdalene, and Mary the mother of James, and Salome, had bought sweet spices, that they might come and anoint him.

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John 19:14 KJV

¹⁴And it was the preparation of the passover, and about the sixth hour: and he saith unto the Jews, Behold your King!

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Matthew 28:1 KJV

¹In the end of the sabbath, as it began to dawn toward the first day of the week, came Mary Magdalene and the other Mary to see the sepulchre.

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Matthew 27:62 KJV

⁶²Now the next day, that followed the day of the preparation, the chief priests and Pharisees came together unto Pilate,

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Luke 24:1 KJV

¹Now upon the first day of the week, very early in the morning, they came unto the sepulchre, bringing the spices which they had prepared, and certain others with them.

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Mark 16:9 KJV

⁹Now when Jesus was risen early the first day of the week, he appeared first to Mary Magdalene, out of whom he had cast seven devils.

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Matthew 12:40 KJV

⁴⁰For as Jonas was three days and three nights in the whale’s belly; so shall the Son of man be three days and three nights in the heart of the earth.

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Exodus 16:23-24 KJV

²³And he said unto them, This is that which the Lord hath said, To morrow is the rest of the holy sabbath unto the Lord: bake that which ye will bake to day, and seethe that ye will seethe; and that which remaineth over lay up for you to be kept until the morning. ²⁴And they laid it up till the morning, as Moses bade: and it did not stink, neither was there any worm therein.

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John 20:1 KJV

¹The first day of the week cometh Mary Magdalene early, when it was yet dark, unto the sepulchre, and seeth the stone taken away from the sepulchre.

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John 19:42 KJV

⁴²There laid they Jesus therefore because of the Jews’ preparation day; for the sepulchre was nigh at hand.

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John 18:28 KJV

²⁸Then led they Jesus from Caiaphas unto the hall of judgment: and it was early; and they themselves went not into the judgment hall, lest they should be defiled; but that they might eat the passover.

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Luke 24:21 KJV

²¹But we trusted that it had been he which should have redeemed Israel: and beside all this, to day is the third day since these things were done.

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Leviticus 23:32 KJV

³²It shall be unto you a sabbath of rest, and ye shall afflict your souls: in the ninth day of the month at even, from even unto even, shall ye celebrate your sabbath.

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John 19:38-42 KJV

³⁸And after this Joseph of Arimathaea, being a disciple of Jesus, but secretly for fear of the Jews, besought Pilate that he might take away the body of Jesus: and Pilate gave him leave. He came therefore, and took the body of Jesus. ³⁹And there came also Nicodemus, which at the first came to Jesus by night, and brought a mixture of myrrh and aloes, about an hundred pound weight. ⁴⁰Then took …

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John 13:1 KJV

¹Now before the feast of the passover, when Jesus knew that his hour was come that he should depart out of this world unto the Father, having loved his own which were in the world, he loved them unto the end.

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Mark 15:34 KJV

³⁴And at the ninth hour Jesus cried with a loud voice, saying, Eloi, Eloi, lama sabachthani? which is, being interpreted, My God, my God, why hast thou forsaken me?

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Matthew 16:21 KJV

²¹From that time forth began Jesus to shew unto his disciples, how that he must go unto Jerusalem, and suffer many things of the elders and chief priests and scribes, and be killed, and be raised again the third day.

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Leviticus 23:1-44 KJV

¹And the Lord spake unto Moses, saying, ²Speak unto the children of Israel, and say unto them, Concerning the feasts of the Lord, which ye shall proclaim to be holy convocations, even these are my feasts. ³Six days shall work be done: but the seventh day is the sabbath of rest, an holy convocation; ye shall do no work therein: it is the sabbath of the Lord in all your dwellings. …

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1 Corinthians 15:4 KJV

⁴And that he was buried, and that he rose again the third day according to the scriptures:

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Acts 10:40 KJV

⁴⁰Him God raised up the third day, and shewed him openly;

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Luke 24:46 KJV

⁴⁶And said unto them, Thus it is written, and thus it behooved Christ to suffer, and to rise from the dead the third day:

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Mark 8:31 KJV

³¹And he began to teach them, that the Son of man must suffer many things, and be rejected of the elders, and of the chief priests, and scribes, and be killed, and after three days rise again.

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Matthew 17:23 KJV

²³And they shall kill him, and the third day he shall be raised again. And they were exceeding sorry.

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John 19:30 KJV

³⁰When Jesus therefore had received the vinegar, he said, It is finished: and he bowed his head, and gave up the ghost.

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John 1:39 KJV

³⁹He saith unto them, Come and see. They came and saw where he dwelt, and abode with him that day: for it was about the tenth hour.

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Luke 24:7 KJV

⁷Saying, The Son of man must be delivered into the hands of sinful men, and be crucified, and the third day rise again.

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Matthew 27:64 KJV

⁶⁴Command therefore that the sepulchre be made sure until the third day, lest his disciples come by night, and steal him away, and say unto the people, He is risen from the dead: so the last error shall be worse than the first.

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Nahum 2:2-4 KJV

²For the Lord hath turned away the excellency of Jacob, as the excellency of Israel: for the emptiers have emptied them out, and marred their vine branches. ³The shield of his mighty men is made red, the valiant men are in scarlet: the chariots shall be with flaming torches in the day of his preparation, and the fir trees shall be terribly shaken. ⁴The chariots shall rage in the streets, they …

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1 John 2:1-29 KJV

¹My little children, these things write I unto you, that ye sin not. And if any man sin, we have an advocate with the Father, Jesus Christ the righteous: ²And he is the propitiation for our sins: and not for ours only, but also for the sins of the whole world. ³And hereby we do know that we know him, if we keep his commandments. ⁴He that saith, I know him, and …

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1 Corinthians 16:2 KJV

²Upon the first day of the week let every one of you lay by him in store, as God hath prospered him, that there be no gatherings when I come.

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John 20:19 KJV

¹⁹Then the same day at evening, being the first day of the week, when the doors were shut where the disciples were assembled for fear of the Jews, came Jesus and stood in the midst, and saith unto them, Peace be unto you.

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John 13:29 KJV

²⁹For some of them thought, because Judas had the bag, that Jesus had said unto him, Buy those things that we have need of against the feast; or, that he should give something to the poor.

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Luke 23:45 KJV

⁴⁵And the sun was darkened, and the veil of the temple was rent in the midst.

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Luke 23:44 KJV

⁴⁴And it was about the sixth hour, and there was a darkness over all the earth until the ninth hour.

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Luke 22:15 KJV

¹⁵And he said unto them, With desire I have desired to eat this passover with you before I suffer:

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Luke 9:22 KJV

²²Saying, The Son of man must suffer many things, and be rejected of the elders and chief priests and scribes, and be slain, and be raised the third day.

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Mark 16:2 KJV

²And very early in the morning the first day of the week, they came unto the sepulchre at the rising of the sun.

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Mark 15:29 KJV

²⁹And they that passed by railed on him, wagging their heads, and saying, Ah, thou that destroyest the temple, and buildest it in three days,

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Mark 14:12 KJV

¹²And the first day of unleavened bread, when they killed the passover, his disciples said unto him, Where wilt thou that we go and prepare that thou mayest eat the passover?

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Mark 9:31 KJV

³¹For he taught his disciples, and said unto them, The Son of man is delivered into the hands of men, and they shall kill him; and after that he is killed, he shall rise the third day.

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Matthew 28:6 KJV

⁶He is not here: for he is risen, as he said. Come, see the place where the Lord lay.

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Matthew 27:50 KJV

⁵⁰Jesus, when he had cried again with a loud voice, yielded up the ghost.

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Matthew 27:46 KJV

⁴⁶And about the ninth hour Jesus cried with a loud voice, saying, Eli, Eli, lama sabachthani? that is to say, My God, my God, why hast thou forsaken me?

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Matthew 27:40 KJV

⁴⁰And saying, Thou that destroyest the temple, and buildest it in three days, save thyself. If thou be the Son of God, come down from the cross.

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Matthew 26:61 KJV

⁶¹And said, This fellow said, I am able to destroy the temple of God, and to build it in three days.

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Matthew 26:36-46 KJV

³⁶Then cometh Jesus with them unto a place called Gethsemane, and saith unto the disciples, Sit ye here, while I go and pray yonder. ³⁷And he took with him Peter and the two sons of Zebedee, and began to be sorrowful and very heavy. ³⁸Then saith he unto them, My soul is exceeding sorrowful, even unto death: tarry ye here, and watch with me. ³⁹And he went a …

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Matthew 26:17 KJV

¹⁷Now the first day of the feast of unleavened bread the disciples came to Jesus, saying unto him, Where wilt thou that we prepare for thee to eat the passover?

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Matthew 20:19 KJV

¹⁹And shall deliver him to the Gentiles to mock, and to scourge, and to crucify him: and the third day he shall rise again.

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Leviticus 23:7 KJV

⁷In the first day ye shall have an holy convocation: ye shall do no servile work therein.

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Leviticus 23:6 KJV

⁶And on the fifteenth day of the same month is the feast of unleavened bread unto the Lord: seven days ye must eat unleavened bread.

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Exodus 12:7 KJV

⁷And they shall take of the blood, and strike it on the two side posts and on the upper door post of the houses, wherein they shall eat it.

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Exodus 12:6 KJV

⁶And ye shall keep it up until the fourteenth day of the same month: and the whole assembly of the congregation of Israel shall kill it in the evening.

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Genesis 1:5 KJV

⁵And God called the light Day, and the darkness he called Night. And the evening and the morning were the first day.

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Romans 14:5 KJV

⁵One man esteemeth one day above another: another esteemeth every day alike. Let every man be fully persuaded in his own mind.

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John 20:17 KJV

¹⁷Jesus saith unto her, Touch me not; for I am not yet ascended to my Father: but go to my brethren, and say unto them, I ascend unto my Father, and your Father; and to my God, and your God.

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John 13:38 KJV

³⁸Jesus answered him, Wilt thou lay down thy life for my sake? Verily, verily, I say unto thee, The cock shall not crow, till thou hast denied me thrice.

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John 13:30 KJV

³⁰He then having received the sop went immediately out: and it was night.

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John 13:29-30 KJV

²⁹For some of them thought, because Judas had the bag, that Jesus had said unto him, Buy those things that we have need of against the feast; or, that he should give something to the poor. ³⁰He then having received the sop went immediately out: and it was night.

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John 11:9 KJV

⁹Jesus answered, Are there not twelve hours in the day? If any man walk in the day, he stumbleth not, because he seeth the light of this world.

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John 2:20 KJV

²⁰Then said the Jews, Forty and six years was this temple in building, and wilt thou rear it up in three days?

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John 2:19 KJV

¹⁹Jesus answered and said unto them, Destroy this temple, and in three days I will raise it up.

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Luke 24:26 KJV

²⁶Ought not Christ to have suffered these things, and to enter into his glory?

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Luke 24:6 KJV

⁶He is not here, but is risen: remember how he spake unto you when he was yet in Galilee,

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Luke 24:2-3 KJV

²And they found the stone rolled away from the sepulchre. ³And they entered in, and found not the body of the Lord Jesus.

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Luke 24:1-3 KJV

¹Now upon the first day of the week, very early in the morning, they came unto the sepulchre, bringing the spices which they had prepared, and certain others with them. ²And they found the stone rolled away from the sepulchre. ³And they entered in, and found not the body of the Lord Jesus.

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Luke 23:46 KJV

⁴⁶And when Jesus had cried with a loud voice, he said, Father, into thy hands I commend my spirit: and having said thus, he gave up the ghost.

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Mark 15:42-47 KJV

⁴²And now when the even was come, because it was the preparation, that is, the day before the sabbath, ⁴³Joseph of Arimathaea, an honourable counsellor, which also waited for the kingdom of God, came, and went in boldly unto Pilate, and craved the body of Jesus. ⁴⁴And Pilate marvelled if he were already dead: and calling unto him the centurion, he asked him whether he had been any while dead. …

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Mark 15:37 KJV

³⁷And Jesus cried with a loud voice, and gave up the ghost.

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Mark 15:26 KJV

²⁶And the superscription of his accusation was written over, The King Of The Jews.

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Mark 14:58 KJV

⁵⁸We heard him say, I will destroy this temple that is made with hands, and within three days I will build another made without hands.

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Mark 14:32-42 KJV

³²And they came to a place which was named Gethsemane: and he saith to his disciples, Sit ye here, while I shall pray. ³³And he taketh with him Peter and James and John, and began to be sore amazed, and to be very heavy; ³⁴And saith unto them, My soul is exceeding sorrowful unto death: tarry ye here, and watch. ³⁵And he went forward a little, and fell on the …

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Matthew 27:63 KJV

⁶³Saying, Sir, we remember that that deceiver said, while he was yet alive, After three days I will rise again.

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Matthew 27:62-64 KJV

⁶²Now the next day, that followed the day of the preparation, the chief priests and Pharisees came together unto Pilate, ⁶³Saying, Sir, we remember that that deceiver said, while he was yet alive, After three days I will rise again. ⁶⁴Command therefore that the sepulchre be made sure until the third day, lest his disciples come by night, and steal him away, and say unto the people, He is risen …

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Esther 4:16 KJV

¹⁶Go, gather together all the Jews that are present in Shushan, and fast ye for me, and neither eat nor drink three days, night or day: I also and my maidens will fast likewise; and so will I go in unto the king, which is not according to the law: and if I perish, I perish.

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1 John 2:2 KJV

²And he is the propitiation for our sins: and not for ours only, but also for the sins of the whole world.

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1 Peter 2:1-25 KJV

¹Wherefore laying aside all malice, and all guile, and hypocrisies, and envies, and all evil speakings, ²As newborn babes, desire the sincere milk of the word, that ye may grow thereby: ³If so be ye have tasted that the Lord is gracious. ⁴To whom coming, as unto a living stone, disallowed indeed of men, but chosen of God, and precious, …

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Hebrews 12:2 KJV

²Looking unto Jesus the author and finisher of our faith; who for the joy that was set before him endured the cross, despising the shame, and is set down at the right hand of the throne of God.

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1 Timothy 2:1-15 KJV

¹I exhort therefore, that, first of all, supplications, prayers, intercessions, and giving of thanks, be made for all men; ²For kings, and for all that are in authority; that we may lead a quiet and peaceable life in all godliness and honesty. ³For this is good and acceptable in the sight of God our Saviour; ⁴Who will have all men to be saved, and to come unto …

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2 Thessalonians 1:1-12 KJV

¹Paul, and Silvanus, and Timotheus, unto the church of the Thessalonians in God our Father and the Lord Jesus Christ: ²Grace unto you, and peace, from God our Father and the Lord Jesus Christ. ³We are bound to thank God always for you, brethren, as it is meet, because that your faith groweth exceedingly, and the charity of every one of you all toward each other aboundeth; …

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Colossians 1:1-29 KJV

¹Paul, an apostle of Jesus Christ by the will of God, and Timotheus our brother, ²To the saints and faithful brethren in Christ which are at Colosse: Grace be unto you, and peace, from God our Father and the Lord Jesus Christ. ³We give thanks to God and the Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, praying always for you, ⁴Since we heard of your faith in Christ Jesus, …

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Ephesians 4:8 KJV

⁸Wherefore he saith, When he ascended up on high, he led captivity captive, and gave gifts unto men.

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1 Corinthians 16:4 KJV

⁴And if it be meet that I go also, they shall go with me.

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1 Corinthians 15:3 KJV

³For I delivered unto you first of all that which I also received, how that Christ died for our sins according to the scriptures;

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1 Corinthians 2:1-16 KJV

¹And I, brethren, when I came to you, came not with excellency of speech or of wisdom, declaring unto you the testimony of God. ²For I determined not to know any thing among you, save Jesus Christ, and him crucified. ³And I was with you in weakness, and in fear, and in much trembling. ⁴And my speech and my preaching was not with enticing words of man’s wisdom, …

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Acts 20:7 KJV

⁷And upon the first day of the week, when the disciples came together to break bread, Paul preached unto them, ready to depart on the morrow; and continued his speech until midnight.

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Acts 17:2 KJV

²And Paul, as his manner was, went in unto them, and three sabbath days reasoned with them out of the scriptures,

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Acts 10:39 KJV

³⁹And we are witnesses of all things which he did both in the land of the Jews, and in Jerusalem; whom they slew and hanged on a tree:

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Acts 1:11 KJV

¹¹Which also said, Ye men of Galilee, why stand ye gazing up into heaven? this same Jesus, which is taken up from you into heaven, shall so come in like manner as ye have seen him go into heaven.

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John 19:20 KJV

²⁰This title then read many of the Jews: for the place where Jesus was crucified was nigh to the city: and it was written in Hebrew, and Greek, and Latin.

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John 19:19 KJV

¹⁹And Pilate wrote a title, and put it on the cross. And the writing was Jesus Of Nazareth The King Of The Jews.

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John 19:17 KJV

¹⁷And he bearing his cross went forth into a place called the place of a skull, which is called in the Hebrew Golgotha:

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John 18:4 KJV

⁴Jesus therefore, knowing all things that should come upon him, went forth, and said unto them, Whom seek ye?

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John 18:3-12 KJV

³Judas then, having received a band of men and officers from the chief priests and Pharisees, cometh thither with lanterns and torches and weapons. ⁴Jesus therefore, knowing all things that should come upon him, went forth, and said unto them, Whom seek ye? ⁵They answered him, Jesus of Nazareth. Jesus saith unto them, I am he. And Judas also, which betrayed him, stood with them. …

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John 13:21-30 KJV

²¹When Jesus had thus said, he was troubled in spirit, and testified, and said, Verily, verily, I say unto you, that one of you shall betray me. ²²Then the disciples looked one on another, doubting of whom he spake. ²³Now there was leaning on Jesus’ bosom one of his disciples, whom Jesus loved. ²⁴Simon Peter therefore beckoned to him, that he should ask who it …

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