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 Sabbath of the festival week was, as usual in such cases, a ‘high day' (John 19:31).

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Old Testament