Commentaries:
Robertson's Word Pictures (NT)
The preparation (paraskeuh). Mark explains the term as meaning "the day before the sabbath" (prosabbaton), that is our Friday, which began at sunset. See discussion on Matthew 27:57. The Jews had already taken steps to get the bodies removed (John 19:31).
Other Robertson's Word Pictures (NT) entries containing Mark 15:42:
Matthew 27:57
John 19:14
Colossians 3:14
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