Verse 42

And now when the evening had come, because it was the preparation day, that is, the day before the Sabbath,

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  • Matt 27:57-62 : 57 When evening came, there came a rich man of Arimathea, named Joseph, who also himself was Jesus' disciple. 58 He went to Pilate and begged for 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 of the rock; and he rolled a great stone to the door of the sepulcher, and departed. 61 And there was Mary Magdalene, and the other Mary, sitting opposite the sepulcher. 62 Now the next day, that followed the day of preparation, the chief priests and Pharisees came together unto Pilate,
  • Luke 23:50-56 : 50 And behold, there was a man named Joseph, a council member, and he was a good and just man. 51 He had not consented to their decision and action. He was from Arimathea, a city of the Jews, who also himself was waiting for the kingdom of God. 52 This man went to Pilate and asked for the body of Jesus. 53 Then he took it down, wrapped it in linen, and laid it in a tomb that was cut out of stone, where no one had ever lain before. 54 That day was the preparation, and the Sabbath was drawing near. 55 And the women who had come with Him from Galilee followed, and they observed the tomb and how His body was laid. 56 Then they returned and prepared spices and ointments, and they rested on the Sabbath according to the commandment.
  • John 19:31 : 31 The Jews therefore, because it was the preparation, so that the bodies would not remain on the cross on the sabbath (for that sabbath was a high day), asked Pilate that their legs might be broken, and that they might be taken away.
  • John 19:38-42 : 38 After this, Joseph of Arimathea, being a disciple of Jesus, but secretly for fear of the Jews, asked Pilate that he might take away the body of Jesus: and Pilate gave permission. He came and took the body of Jesus. 39 And Nicodemus also came, who at first came to Jesus by night, and brought a mixture of myrrh and aloes, about a hundred pounds in weight. 40 Then they took the body of Jesus and wrapped it in linen clothes with the spices, as is the custom of the Jews to bury. 41 Now in the place where he was crucified there was a garden; and in the garden a new tomb, in which no one had yet been laid. 42 There they laid Jesus because of the Jews' preparation day; for the tomb was nearby.