Mark 15:42

King James Version with Strong's Numbers

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

📖 Grammatical Analysis

Original Text

¶Καὶ ἤδη ὀψίας γενομένης, ἐπεὶ ἦν Παρασκευή, ὅ ἐστιν, προσάββατον,

Transliteration

And already opsias genomenēs, since it-ēn Paraskeuē, which estin, prosabbaton,

Grammar Details

• *opsias*: noun, genitive, feminine, singular - evening
• *genomenēs*: participle, aorist, middle, genitive, feminine, singular - having come
• *ēn*: verb, imperfect, active, indicative, 3rd, singular - it was
• *Paraskeuē*: noun, nominative, feminine, singular - Preparation day
• *estin*: verb, present, active, indicative, 3rd, singular - is
• *prosabbaton*: noun, nominative, neuter, singular - day before Sabbath

Word Meanings

• *opsias*: evening/late hour
• *genomenēs*: having come/having arrived
• *Paraskeuē*: Preparation day (Friday)
• *prosabbaton*: day before Sabbath/pre-Sabbath

Referenced Verses

• Matt 27:57-62 : 57 When the even was come, there came a rich man of Arimathaea, named Joseph, who also himself was Jesus' disciple: 58 He went to Pilate, and begged the body of Jesus. Then Pilate commanded the body to be delivered. 59 And when Joseph had taken the body, he wrapped it in a clean linen cloth, 60 And laid it in his own new tomb, which he had hewn out in the rock: and he rolled a great stone to the door of the sepulchre, and departed. 61 And there was Mary Magdalene, and the other Mary, sitting over against the sepulchre. 62 Now the next day, that followed the day of the preparation, the chief priests and Pharisees came together unto Pilate,
• Luke 23:50-56 : 50 And, behold, there was a man named Joseph, a counsellor; and he was a good man, and a just: 51 (The same had not consented to the counsel and deed of them;) he was of Arimathaea, a city of the Jews: who also himself waited for the kingdom of God. 52 This man went unto Pilate, and begged the body of Jesus. 53 And he took it down, and wrapped it in linen, and laid it in a sepulchre that was hewn in stone, wherein never man before was laid. 54 And that day was the preparation, and the sabbath drew on. 55 And the women also, which came with him from Galilee, followed after, and beheld the sepulchre, and how his body was laid. 56 And they returned, and prepared spices and ointments; and rested the sabbath day according to the commandment.
• John 19:31 : 31 The Jews therefore, because it was the preparation, that the bodies should not remain upon the cross on the sabbath day,(for that sabbath day was an high day,) besought Pilate that their legs might be broken, and that they might be taken away.
• John 19:38-42 : 38 And after this Joseph of Arimathaea, being a disciple of Jesus, but secretly for fear of the Jews, besought Pilate that he might take away the body of Jesus: and Pilate gave him leave. He came therefore, and took the body of Jesus. 39 And there came also Nicodemus, which at the first came to Jesus by night, and brought a mixture of myrrh and aloes, about an hundred pound weight. 40 Then took they the body of Jesus, and wound it in linen clothes with the spices, as the manner of the Jews is to bury. 41 Now in the place where he was crucified there was a garden; and in the garden a new sepulchre, wherein was never man yet laid. 42 There laid they Jesus therefore because of the Jews' preparation day; for the sepulchre was nigh at hand.