Mark 15:42 - An Understandable Version (2005 edition)

⁴² When evening had come, and since it was the day of Preparation [for the Passover Festival], being the day before the [special] Sabbath Day,

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King James Version (Oxford) 1769

⁴² And now when the even was come, because it was the preparation, that is, the day before the sabbath,

Amplified Bible - Classic Edition

⁴² 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)

⁴² And when even was now come, because it was the Preparation, that is, the day before the sabbath,

Common English Bible

⁴² Since it was late in the afternoon on Preparation Day, just before the Sabbath,

Catholic Public Domain Version

⁴² And when evening had now arrived (because it was the Preparation Day, which is before the Sabbath)

Mark 15:42 Cross References

John 19:31

Now it was the Day of Preparation [Note: This was the day before the Passover Festival began, and fell on a Friday that year], and the Jews did not permit bodies to remain on a cross over the Sabbath day. (Besides, that Sabbath day was a special day [i.e., since it was both the Passover and the regular weekly Sabbath, as well]). So, they asked Pilate to have Jesus’ and the criminals’ legs broken [i.e., to speed up their deaths] and then have their bodies taken away.

Acts 13:29

And when they had done everything that was predicted about Him, they took Jesus down from the tree [i.e., the cross] and placed Him in a tomb.