Mark 15:42

42 When evening had now come, because it was the Preparation, that is, the day before the Shabbat,

Mark 15:42 Meaning and Commentary

Mark 15:42

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.

Mark 15:42 In-Context

40 There were also women watching from afar, among whom were both Miryam from Magdala, and Miryam the mother of Ya`akov the less and of Yosi, and Shalomit;

41 who, when he was in the Galil, followed him, and served him; and many other women who came up with him to Yerushalayim.

42 When evening had now come, because it was the Preparation, that is, the day before the Shabbat,

43 Yosef of Ramatayim, a member of the council of honorable estate, who also himself was looking for the kingdom of God, came. He boldly went in to Pilate, and asked for Yeshua' body.

44 Pilate marveled if he were already dead; and summoning the centurion, he asked him whether he had been dead for a while.