MARK 15:42

KING JAMES VERSION (KJV)

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

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Mark 15:42 Translation & Meaning

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And Καὶ And, also, even, so then, too, etc.; often used in connection (or composition) with other particles or small words And
now ἤδη Even now now
when the even ὀψίας Late; feminine (as noun) afternoon (early eve) or nightfall (later eve) even
was come, γενομένης To cause to be ("gen"-erate), i.e., (reflexively) to become (come into being), used with great latitude (literal, figurative, intensive, etc.) come
because ἐπεὶ Thereupon, i.e., since (of time or cause) because
it was ἦν I (thou, etc.) was (wast or were) it was
the preparation, παρασκευή Readiness preparation
that The relatively (sometimes demonstrative) pronoun, who, which, what, that that
is, ἐστιν He (she or it) is; also (with neuter plural) they are is
the day before the sabbath, προσάββατον A fore-sabbath, i.e., the Sabbath-eve day before sabbath

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  • 40  There were also women looking on afar off: among whom was Mary Magdalene, and Mary the mother of James the less and of Joses, and Salome;

  • 41  (Who also, when he was in Galilee, followed him, and ministered unto him;) and many other women which came up with him unto Jerusalem.

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

  • 43  Joseph of Arimathaea, an honourable counseller, which also waited for the kingdom of God, came, and went in boldly unto Pilate, and craved the body of Jesus.

  • 44  And Pilate marvelled if he were already dead: and calling unto him the centurion, he asked him whether he had been any while dead.




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