When evening had now come, because it was the Preparation Day, that is, the day before the Sabbath,
THE SURROUNDING PASSAGE
Mark 15:42 in context
Mark 15:39–45
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When the centurion, who stood by opposite him, saw that he cried out like this and breathed his last, he said, “Truly this man was the Son of God!”
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There were also women watching from afar, among whom were both Mary Magdalene and Mary the mother of James the less and of Joses, and Salome;
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who, when he was in Galilee, followed him and served him; and many other women who came up with him to Jerusalem.
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When evening had now come, because it was the Preparation Day, that is, the day before the Sabbath,
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Joseph of Arimathaea, a prominent council member who also himself was looking for God’s Kingdom, came. He boldly went in to Pilate, and asked for Jesus’ body.
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Pilate was surprised to hear that he was already dead; and summoning the centurion, he asked him whether he had been dead long.
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When he found out from the centurion, he granted the body to Joseph.
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