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Selected Verse: Mark 15:42 - King James
| Verse |
Translation |
Text |
| Mr 15:42 |
King James |
And now when the even was come, because it was the preparation, that is, the day before the sabbath, |
Summary Of Commentaries Associated With The Selected Verse
| Notes on the Bible, by Albert Barnes, [1834] |
The even - The time after three o'clock in the afternoon.
The Preparation ... - The following day was to be a day of special solemnity, called the "great day" of the feast. More than ordinary preparation was therefore made for "that" Sabbath on the day before. Hence, the day was known as a day of preparation. This consisted in the preparation of food, etc., to be used on the Sabbath. |
| Vincent's Word Studies, by Marvin R. Vincent [1886] |
Even
See on Mat 27:57.
The day before the Sabbath (προσάββατον)
The fore-Sabbath. Peculiar to Mark, and only here. |
| Explanatory Notes on the Whole Bible, by John Wesley [1754-65] |
| Because it was the day before the Sabbath - And the bodies might not hang on the Sabbath day: therefore they were in haste to have them taken down. |
| Adam Clarke Commentary on the Whole Bible - Published 1810-1826 |
| 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). |
57 When the even was come, there came a rich man of Arimathaea, named Joseph, who also himself was Jesus' disciple:
60 And laid it in his own new tomb, which he had hewn out in the rock: and he rolled a great stone to the door of the sepulchre, and departed.
56 Among which was Mary Magdalene, and Mary the mother of James and Joses, and the mother of Zebedee's children.