Mark 15:42

Jesus Is Buried

42 And [when it] was already evening, since it was the day of preparation (that is, the day before the Sabbath),

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 And there were also women observing from a distance, among whom [were] Mary Magdalene, and Mary the mother of James the younger and Joses, and Salome,

41 who used to follow him and serve him when he was in Galilee, and many other [women] who went up with him to Jerusalem.

42 And [when it] was already evening, since it was the day of preparation (that is, the day before the Sabbath),

43 Joseph of Arimathea, a prominent member of the council who was also himself looking forward to the kingdom of God, came acting courageously [and] went in to Pilate and asked for the body of Jesus.

44 And Pilate was surprised that he was already dead, and summoning the centurion, asked him whether he had died already.

Footnotes

• [a]. *Here "[when]" is supplied as a component of the temporal genitive absolute participle ("was")