before the sabbath , 16_NEH_13:19 And it came to pass, that when the gates of Jerusalem began to be dark before the sabbath, I commanded that the gates should be shut, and charged that they should not be opened till after the sabbath: and [some] of my servants set I at the gates, [that] there should no burden be brought in on the sabbath day. , before the sabbath , 41_MAR_15:42 And now when the even was come, because it was the preparation, that is, the day before the sabbath, ,