Mark 15:42

And now having become evening, since it was the Preparation, that is, pre-Sabbath,

A Conservative Version

In The King James Version

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

In Context

41women who also followed him and served him when he was in Galilee, also many other women who came up with him to Jerusalem.

43Joseph of Arimathaea came, an honorable councilman who also himself was awaiting the kingdom of God, emboldened, he went in near Pilate, and requested the body of Jesus.

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Cross References

Luke 23:50And behold a man named Joseph, a council member, being a good and righteous man

John 19:38And after these things Joseph of Arimathaea, being a disciple of Jesus, but secretly because of fear of the Jews, besought Pilate that he might remove the body of Jesus, and Pilate allowed him. Therefore he came and removed the bod

Matthew Henry on Mark 15:34-42

The Crucifixion. 33 And when the sixth hour was come, there was darkness over the whole land until the ninth hour. 34 And at the ninth hour Jesus cried with a loud voice, saying, Eloi, Eloi, lama sabachthani? which is, being interpreted, My God, my God, why hast thou forsaken me? 35 And some of them that stood by, when they heard it, said, Behold, he calleth Elias. 36 And one ran and filled a sponge full of vinegar, and put it on a reed, and gave him to drink, saying, Let alone; let us see whether Elias will come… Read the whole commentary →

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