Mark 15:42 “Now it was already evening. Since it was Preparation Day (that is, the…”

Mark 15:42

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

Berean Standard Bible

Other translations

King James Version

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

World English Bible

When evening had now come, because it was the Preparation Day, that is, the day before the Sabbath,

American Standard Version

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

Geneva Bible 1599

And nowe when the night was come (because it was the day of the preparation that is before the Sabbath)

Darby Translation

And when it was already evening, since it was [the] preparation, that is, [the day] before a sabbath,

Young's Literal Translation

And now evening having come, seeing it was the preparation, that is, the fore-sabbath,

Bible in Basic English

And when it was evening, because it was the time of getting ready, that is, the day before the Sabbath,

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Cross references

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

Matthew 27:57 Matthew 27:62 Luke 23:50–54 John 19:38

Matthew 27:57 · BSB

When it was evening, there came a rich man from Arimathea named Joseph, who himself was a disciple of Jesus.

Matthew 27:62 · BSB

The next day, the one after Preparation Day, the chief priests and Pharisees assembled before Pilate.

Luke 23:50–54 · BSB

Now there was a Council member named Joseph, a good and righteous man,

John 19:38 · BSB

Afterward, Joseph of Arimathea, who was a disciple of Jesus (but secretly for fear of the Jews), asked Pilate to let him remove the body of Jesus. Pilate gave him permission, so he came and removed His body.

Also

John 19:31

John 19:31 · BSB

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 the legs broken and the bodies removed.

Cross references adapted from OpenBible.info (CC BY 4.0) and the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.

In context

41These women had followed Jesus and ministered to Him while He was in Galilee, and there were many other women who had come up to Jerusalem with Him.

43Joseph of Arimathea, a prominent Council member who himself was waiting for the kingdom of God, boldly went to Pilate to ask for the body of Jesus.

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