King James Version
Mark 15:42 in the King James Version says “And now when the even was come, because it was the preparation, that is, the day before the sabbath,” — study this verse from Mark chapter 15 with commentary, cross-references, and original Greek word analysis.
“And now when the even was come, because it was the preparation, that is, the day before the sabbath,”
Mark 15:42 · KJV
There were also women looking on afar off: among whom was Mary Magdalene, and Mary the mother of James the less and of Joses, and Salome;
(Who also, when he was in Galilee, followed him, and ministered unto him;) and many other women which came up with him unto Jerusalem.
And now when the even was come, because it was the preparation, that is, the day before the sabbath,
Joseph of Arimathaea, an honourable counsellor, which also waited for the kingdom of God, came, and went in boldly unto Pilate, and craved the body of Jesus.
And Pilate marvelled if he were already dead: and calling unto him the centurion, he asked him whether he had been any while dead.
KJV Study — Public Domain
“And”
G2532and, also, even, so then, too, etc.; often used in connection (or composition) with other particles or small words
“when the even”
G3798late; feminine (as noun) afternoon (early eve) or nightfall (later eve)
“was come”
G1096to cause to be ("gen"-erate), i.e., (reflexively) to become (come into being), used with great latitude (literal, figurative, intensive, etc.)
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