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NASB | Mark 15:42 ¶ When evening had already come, because it was the preparation day, that is, the day before the Sabbath, |
AMPLIFIED 2015 | Mark 15:42 ¶ When evening had already come, because it was the preparation day, that is, the day before the Sabbath, [Deut 21:22, 23; Matt 27:57-61; Luke 23:50-56; John 19:38-42] |
Bible Question: Mark 15:42 seems to say that the day had started. If this is so then it is the preparation day. Then it would be on our Thursday evening which would be their Friday at that time. Is this correct to believe this? If this is so then Jesus was crucified on Thursday. |
Bible Answer: Hello, It is my understanding, that it was approximately 3 p. m.----the evening would be at about 6 p.m. so they had about three hours to work, because("it was the preparation")meaning to prepare for the passover which would begin at 6 p.m. that evening. The High Sabbath of the Passover Feast, which was Thursday, and not the ordinary weekly Sabbath, which was Saturday [Lev. 23:6-7]; Jesus was crucified on a Wednesday, and not on Friday, as many think, spending three full days and nights in the Tomb, and rose on the first day of the week, even as He had said He would do, [Matt. 12:40]. With Humbleness, John Ryals |