Since it was the day of Preparation (for that Sabbath was a high day), the Jews asked Pilate to have the men's legs broken and their bodies taken away, so that the bodies would not remain on the cross on the Sabbath.
Mark 15:42 - The Text-Critical English New Testament When evening had come, since it was the day of Preparation (that is, the day before the Sabbath), Tuilleadh leaganachaKing 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 (for that Sabbath was a high day), the Jews asked Pilate to have the men's legs broken and their bodies taken away, so that the bodies would not remain on the cross on the Sabbath.
When they had fulfilled all that was written about him, they took him down from the cross and laid him in a tomb.