42When evening had now come, because it was the Preparation Day, that is, the day before the Sabbath,


In Context

39 When the centurion, who stood by opposite him, saw that he cried out like this and breathed his last, he said, |Truly this man was the Son of God!|

40 There were also women watching from afar, among whom were both Mary Magdalene, and Mary the mother of James the less and of Joses, and Salome;

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

42 When evening had now come, because it was the Preparation Day, that is, the day before the Sabbath,

43 Joseph of Arimathaea, a prominent council member who also himself was looking for the Kingdom of God, came. He boldly went in to Pilate, and asked for Jesus' body.

44 Pilate marveled if he were already dead; and summoning the centurion, he asked him whether he had been dead long.

Mark 15:42 in Other Translations

The King James Version of the Holy Bible

15:42And now when the even was come, because it was the preparation, that is, the day before the sabbath,

The New International Version of the Holy Bible

15:42It was Preparation Day (that is, the day before the Sabbath). So as evening approached,

The American Standard Version of the Holy Bible

15:42And when even was now come, because it was the Preparation, that is, the day before the sabbath,

The Douay-Rheims Version of the Holy Bible

15:42And when evening was now come, (because it was the Parasceve, that is, the day before the sabbath,)

The Darby Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

15:42And when it was already evening, since it was the preparation, that is, the day before a sabbath,

The English Revised Version of the Holy Bible

15:42And when even was now come, because it was the Preparation, that is, the day before the sabbath,

The Webster Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

15:42And now, when the evening was come, (because it was the preparation, that is, the day before the sabbath)

The Young's Literal Translation of the Holy Bible

15:42And now evening having come, seeing it was the preparation, that is, the fore-sabbath,

The American King James Version of the Holy Bible

15:42And now when the even was come, because it was the preparation, that is, the day before the sabbath,