Mark 15:42 - New Revised Standard Version Updated Edition 2021 When evening had come, and since it was the day of Preparation, that is, the day before the Sabbath, More versionsKing James Version (Oxford) 1769 And now when the even was come, because it was the preparation, that is, the day before the sabbath, Amplified Bible - Classic Edition As evening had already come, since it was the day of Preparation, that is, [the day] before the Sabbath, [Deut. 21:22, 23.] American Standard Version (1901) And when even was now come, because it was the Preparation, that is, the day before the sabbath, Common English Bible Since it was late in the afternoon on Preparation Day, just before the Sabbath, Catholic Public Domain Version And when evening had now arrived (because it was the Preparation Day, which is before the Sabbath) Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version And when evening was now come, (because it was the Parasceve, that is, the day before the sabbath,) |
Since it was the day of Preparation, the Jews did not want the bodies left on the cross during the Sabbath, especially because that Sabbath was a day of great solemnity. So they asked Pilate to have the legs of the crucified men broken and the bodies removed.
When they had carried out everything that was written about him, they took him down from the tree and laid him in a tomb.