Mark 15:42

The Passion Translation

Evening was fast approaching, and it was a preparation day before a Sabbath.

Cross References

John 19:31

The Jewish leaders did not want the bodies of the victims to remain on the cross through the next day, since it was the day of preparation for a very important Sabbath. So they asked Pilate’s permission to have the victims’ legs broken to hasten their death and their bodies taken down before sunset.

Acts 13:29

And they did to him all that was prophesied they would do. “Then they took him down from the cross and laid him in a tomb.