Mark 15:42 BSB — MannaFest

Mark 15:42

Now it was already evening. Since it was Preparation Day (that is, the day before the Sabbath),

BSB

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ASV

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

KJV

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

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Commentary

2 voices

Gregory of Nazianzus

ON THE HOLY PASCH AND HIS OWN RELUCTANCE (390)

Yesterday the lamb was slain, and the door posts sprinkled with his blood, while Egypt mourned for her firstborn. But the destroying angel and his sacrificial knife, fearful and terrifying, passed over us, for we were protected by the precious blood. This day we have wholly departed from Egypt, and from Pharaoh, its cruel tyrant, and his oppressive overseers.

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The Puritans and the Awakening1 voice

John Gill

1697–1771

Exposition of the New Testament (1746-1748)

And now when the even was come,.... "Of the preparation", as the Syriac version reads; or "the night of the sixth day":, as the Persic version renders it, "Friday" night: because it was the preparation; of the passover, and of the sabbath, when they prepared their food, and got it ready for the ensuing sabbath, on which it was not lawful to dress any; that is, the day before the sabbath; that is, Friday; on which day, it is clear, Christ suffered, died, and was buried.

The Nineteenth Century2 voices

Adam Clarke

1762–1832

Commentary on the Bible (1832)

The day before the Sabbath - What we would call Friday evening. As the law of Moses had ordered that no criminal should continue hanging on a tree or gibbet till the setting of the sun, Joseph, fearing that the body of our Lord might be taken down, and thrown into the common grave with the two robbers, came and earnestly entreated Pilate to deliver it to him, that he might bury it in his own new tomb. See on Mat 27:56, Mat 27:60 (note).

J.C. Ryle

1816–1900

Expository Thoughts on the Gospels: Mark (lightly modernized text, Grace Gems edition) (1857)

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Original language & word study

10 tagged words

Original	Transliteration	Meaning	Word study
Καὶ	Kai	And	G2532 →
ἤδη	ēdē	already	G2235 →
ὀψίας	opsias	when evening	G3798 →
γενομένης,	genomenēs	having arrived,	G1096 →
ἐπεὶ	epei	since	G1893 →
ἦν	ēn	it was [the]	G1510 →
παρασκευὴ	paraskeuē	Preparation	G3904 →
ὅ	ho	that	G3739 →
ἐστιν	estin	is	G1510 →
προσάββατον,	prosabbaton	before Sabbath	G4314 →G4521 →

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John 19:31
It was the day of Preparation, and the next day was a High Sabbath. In order that the bodies would not remain on the cross during the Sabbath, the Jews asked Pilate to have…
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- John 19:14
  It was the day of Preparation for the Passover, about the sixth hour. And Pilate said to the Jews, “Here is your King!”
- John 19:42
  And because it was the Jewish day of Preparation and the tomb was nearby, they placed Jesus there.
- Joshua 8:29
  He hung the king of Ai on a tree until evening, and at sunset Joshua commanded that they take down the body from the tree and throw it down at the entrance of the…
- Micah 3:3
  You eat the flesh of my people after stripping off their skin and breaking their bones. You chop them up like flesh for the cooking pot, like meat in a cauldron.”
- Proverbs 12:10
  A righteous man regards the life of his animal, but the tender mercies of the wicked are only cruelty.

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The record, by era

Where the connections lead

Commentary

Original language & word study

The walk

Related verses

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About Mark