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Cyclopedia of Biblical, Theological and Ecclesiastical Literature

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(Παρασκευή ) in Mark 15:42; Luke 23:54; John 19:42, and Matthew 27:62, is doubtless the day or evening before the commencement of the Sabbath, with which, at that time, according to the Synoptical Gospels, coincided the first day of the Passover. (But Schneckenburger [Beitrage Zü r Einleit. ins N.T. p. 1 sq.] supposes the "preparation" in Matthew to mean the feast-day of the Easter period, and which was viewed as a preparatory festival to the Passover.) This day was devoted to preparation for the holyday -especially preparing food for the Sabbath. Mark explains the word by "the day before the Sabbath" (προσάββατον; comp. Judith 8:6; Josephus, Ant. 16:6, 2). The Jewish expression for it is ערובתא (see Buxtorf, Lex. Talm. col. 1660). So, too, the Peshito renders in the places quoted above. Every feast, like the Sabbath, had a preparation-day before it, which is often mentioned by the Talmudists (Deyling, Observ. 1, 162; with this may be compared παρασκευὴ τοῦ πάσχα, John 19:14; Preparation for Easter, the 14th of Nisan; comp. Bleek, Beiträ ge zur Evangelienkritik, p. 114 sq.). See Passover.

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McClintock, John. Strong, James. Entry for 'Preparation'. Cyclopedia of Biblical, Theological and Ecclesiastical Literature. https://www.studylight.org/​encyclopedias/​eng/​tce/​p/preparation.html. Harper & Brothers. New York. 1870.
 
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