Mark 15:42 - New Revised Standard Version Updated Edition 2021

⁴² When evening had come, and since it was the day of Preparation, that is, the day before the Sabbath,

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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

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.

Acts 13:29

When they had carried out everything that was written about him, they took him down from the tree and laid him in a tomb.