preparation day
Mark Chapter 15:42
And now when the even was come, because it was the preparation, that is, the day before the sabbath,
Mark Chapter 16:1
And 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.
Luke Chapter 23:54
And that day was the preparation, and the sabbath drew on.
Luke Chapter 23:56
And they returned, and prepared spices and ointments; and rested the sabbath day according to the commandment.
John Chapter 19:31
The 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.