Wesley's Explanatory Notes
Mark 15:42
Because it was the day before the Sabbath — And the bodies might not hang on the Sabbath day: therefore they were in haste to have them taken down.
Because it was the day before the Sabbath — And the bodies might not hang on the Sabbath day: therefore they were in haste to have them taken down.
Verse Mark 15:42. _THE DAY BEFORE THE SABBATH_] What we would call _Friday evening_. As the law of Moses had ordered that no criminal should continue hanging on a tree or gibbet till the setting of t...
THE EVEN - The time after three o’clock in the afternoon. THE PREPARATION ... - The following day was to be a day of special solemnity, called the “great day” of the feast. More than ordinary prepara...
CHAPTER 15 _ 1. Before Pilate. (Mark 15:1 .Matthew 27:1; Luke 23:1; John 18:28 .)_ 2. Barabbas released and the Servant condemned. ...
THE BURIAL OF JESUS. Deuteronomy 21:23 enjoined the burial of dead criminals before nightfall (_cf._ Josephus, _Wars,_ IV, v.2). The day of the Crucifixion being the preparation for the Sabbath, _i.e....
THE SILENCE OF JESUS (Mark 15:1-5)...
When it was now evening, since it was the day of Preparation, that is, the day before the Sabbath, Joseph of Arimathaea, a respected member of the council, and a man who was himself waiting for the Ki...
WHEN THE EVEN WAS COME evening already having come. Compare Matthew 27:57. THE PREPARATION: i.e. the 14th of Nisan, the day before the Passover (on the 15th), _which_ took place on the 14th at even,...
The Burial 42. _the preparation_ i. e. for the Sabbath, which St Mark, writing for other readers than Jews, explains as "_the day before the Sabbath_....
42–47. THE BURIAL Matthew 27:57-61; Luke 23:50-56; John 19:38-42...
ὈΨΊΑΣ. A vague word, here used of the time between 3.0 p.m. and sunset. ἘΠΕῚ ἮΝ ΠΑΡΑΣΚΕΥΉ. This is pointed out by Lk. also. The Sabbath began at sunset, and there must be no delay. If Joseph had not b...
Ver 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 honorable counsellor, which also waited for the kingdom of God...
_THE BURIAL OF JESUS BY JOSEPH OF ARIMATHAEA -- MARK 15:42-47:_ The burial of Jesus was also a significant event. When Paul described the gospel he said that "Christ died for our sins according to the...
ΓΕΝΟΜΈΝΗΣ _aor. med. (dep.) part. temp., см._ Mark 15:33. _Gen. abs. Aor._ указывает на предшествующее действие, ΠΑΡΑΣΚΕΥΉ (G3904) подготовка. Здесь обозначает день подготовки к субботе или пасхе (Ta...
_SUMMARY 15:16_16:20 This closing section of Mark, like the corresponding section in Matthew, contains two proofs of the divinity of Jesus. The first is found in the darkness that covered the earth du...
7. WOMEN WATCHING. DESCENT FROM THE CROSS. THE BURIAL. 15:40-47 _TEXT 15:40-47_ And there were also women beholding from afar: among whom were both Mary Magdalene, and Mary the mother of James the le...
And the veil of the temple was rent in twain from the top to the bottom. For the exposition, see the notes at ; and at John 19:31....
36 See Psa_69:21. 37-39 Compare Mat_27:50-54; Luk_23:45-47; Joh_19:30-37. 37 No man could take His life from Him. All the weariness and wounds did not exhaust His vitality. At the very last He cries...
THE TRIAL BEFORE PILATE. THE CRUCIFIXION 1-15. Trial before Pilate (Matthew 27:1; Matthew 27:11; Luke 23:1; Luke 23:13;...
BURIAL OF JESUS (Matthew 27:57; Luke 23:50; John 19:38). See on Mt and Jn....
CHRIST IN THE BIBLE: MARK’S GOSPEL _KEITH SIMONS_ This commentary HAS BEEN through Advanced Checking. CHAPTER 15 JESUS AND PILATE VERSES 1-15 The *Jews did not have power over their own countr...
(39-47) See Notes on Matthew 27:54....
THE PREPARATION, THAT IS, THE DAY BEFORE THE SABBATH. — The explanation, like that in Mark 7:2, is characteristic of St. Mark, as writing for Gentile readers. It fixes, with hardly the shadow of a dou...
_Burial_ (Matthew 27:57-66; Luke 23:50-56)....
ἤδη : omitted by Mt., but important, as indicating that the business Joseph had on hand that of obtaining and using permission to take down and bury the body of Jesus must be gone about without delay....
A KING UPON HIS CROSS Mark 15:22-47 Our Lord refused to drink the potion prepared by the women of Jerusalem, in order to stupefy those who were crucified and so deaden the sense of pain, because He w...
This chapter is one of those that needs little explanation and must ever be read in awe and reverence. Pilate represented the Roman empire, which attempted to secure itself by its ordinary methods of...
Ven. Bede thinks the word _parasceve is derived from the Greek paraskeue, signifying a preparation. It was the day before the sabbath, on which the Jews were accustomed to prepare two meals, one for t...
THE INTERMENT Matthew 27:57-61; Mark 15:42-47; Luke 23:50-56; John 19:31-42. “Then the Jews, in order that the
(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 counsellor, which also waited for the kingdom of God,...
The transfiguration, as a matter of fact witnessed by the eyes of chosen witnesses, introduces naturally the great change that was about to be effected by the mighty power of God; for that wondrous sc...
Before Pilate (chapter 15), He only witnesses a good confession, a testimony to the truth where the glory of God required it, and where this testimony stood opposed to the power of the adversary. To a...
AND NOW WHEN THE EVEN WAS COME,.... "Of the preparation", as the Syriac version reads; or "the night of the sixth day":, as the Persic version renders it, "Friday" night: BECAUSE IT WAS THE PREPARATI...
And now when the even was come, because it was the preparation, that is, the day before the sabbath, Ver. 42. _The day before the sabbath_] Their preparation to the sabbath began at three o'clock in...
_And now_, &c. Και ηδη οψιας γενομενης, _And the evening being now come._ The word οψιας, answering to _evening_, is used with some latitude in Scripture. The Jews spoke of two evenings, (see notes on...
Christ's burial. Matthew 27:55-61; LUKE 23:50-56; JOHN 10:31-42....
THE PREPARATION; the first day of the feast was called the day of preparation; the next, commencing at the setting of the sun, was the Sabbath; and it was a rule that the body of a malefactor should n...
AND NOW WHEN THE EVEN WAS COME, BECAUSE IT WAS THE PREPARATION, THAT IS, HE DAY BEFORE THE SABBATH,...
The burial of Jesus:...
TITLE: Buried TEXT: Mark 15:42-47 PROPOSITION: Burial seem so final, as if it is all over. QUESTION: Which? KEY WORD: Questions SCRIPTURE READING: INTRODUCTION: 1. Jesus died. That is a fact. 2. Je...
42-47 We are here attending the burial of our Lord Jesus. Oh that we may by grace be planted in the likeness of it! Joseph of Arimathea was one who waited for the kingdom of God. Those who hope for a...
Ver. 42-47. The circumstances of our Saviour's honourable burial, as related by this and the other evangelists, are gathered together and opened in our notes on MATTHEW 27:57. SEE POOLE ON "MATTHEW 27...
Tertullian On Fasting ? "[99]...
Mark 15:42 G2532 Now G2235 evening G3798 come G1096 (G5637) because G1893 was G2258 (G5713) Day...
‘And when evening was now come, because it was the preparation, that is the day before the Sabbath.' Note the use of ‘paraskeue' which can mean Friday specifically or the day of preparation before a s...
LAYING JESUS TO REST (15:40-47). The women who had ministered to Jesus and His disciples were gathered at the cross. It is impossible to imagine the feelings in their hearts as they saw the figure of...
THIS section contains some minor incidents omitted in all the parallel accounts....
Mark 15:42. THE PREPARATION. Comp. Matthew 27:62. THE DAY BEFORE THE SABBATH, _i.e.,_ Friday. Joseph and the Jews (John 19:31) desired ‘that the bodies should not remain upon the cross on the Sabbath...
THE PREPARATION (παρασκευη). Mark explains the term as meaning "the day before the sabbath" (προσαββατον), that is our Friday, which began at sunset. See discussion on Matthew 27:57. The Jews had a...
Concerning the death of our Lord Jesus Christ, we shall read in three portions of the New Testament. First, in the Gospel according to Mark, the fifteenth chapter, beginning at the thirty-fourth verse...
CONTENTS: Jesus before Pilate. Barabbas set free instead of Christ. The crucifixion. CHARACTERS: God, Jesus, Pilate, Simon, Barabbas, Centurion, Joseph, 2 thieves, Mary Magdalene, Mary the mother of...
Mark 15:1. _Straightway in the morning the chief priests held a consultation with the elders and scribes and the whole council._ Συνεδριν, the whole sanhedrim, consisting of seventy, but which must ne...
IT WAS GETTING ON TOWARD EVENING. See notes on Matthew 27:57-61. John tells us that Nicodemus was with Joseph of Arimathea when he asked for the body of Jesus and placed it in the new grave. Both of t...
_Joseph of Arimathaea, an honourable counsellor._ THE CRISIS IN JOSEPH’S LIFE The record of spiritual progress through many years is given here. Long looking for the promised Saviour, almost convince...
MARK—NOTE ON MARK 15:42 Deuteronomy 21:23 says that a corpse should be buried on the day of death (taking priority over Passover; see...
Jesus is laid in the tomb Matthew 27:57-61; Mark 15:42-47; Luke 23:50-56; John 19:38-42;...
_Because it was the Parasceve_, _that is_, _the day before one Sabbath._ The Greek is, _which is the Prosabbatum._ For _Parasceve_ is the came as _Preparation._ Friday was so called because food and t...
CHAPTER XV. 1 _Jesus brought bound, and accused before Pilate_. 15 _Upon the clamour of the common people, the murderer Barabbas is loosed, and Jesus delivered up to be crucified_. 17 _He is crowned w...
_CRITICAL AND EXEGETICAL NOTES_ Mark 15:43. WENT IN BOLDLY.—_Took courage and went in_. _MAIN HOMILETICS OF THE PARAGRAPH.— Mark 15:42_ (PARALLELS: Matthew 27:57;...
EXPOSITION MARK 15:1 AND STRAIGHTWAY IN THE MORNING THE CHIEF PRIESTS WITH THE ELDERS AND SCRIBES, AND THE WHOLE COUNCIL, HELD A CONSULTATION, AND BOUND JESUS, AND CARRIED HIM AWAY, AND DELIVERED HIM...
Let's turn to Mark's gospel chapter 15. Jesus was arrested in the Garden of Gethsemane in the evening or late night, and immediately brought before Caiaphas the high priest and some of the rulers wher...
John 19:38; Luke 23:50; Matthew 27:57; Matthew 27:62...
Even. See on Matthew 27:57. The day before the Sabbath [π ρ ο σ α β β α τ ο ν]. The fore Sabbath. Peculiar to Mark, and only here....
The circumstances of our Lord's funeral, and honourable interment in the grave, are here recorded by the evangelist; such. funeral as never was since graves were first digged. Where observe, 1. Our L...