παρα-σκευή, -ῆς, ἡ [in LXX: Exo.35:24 39:42 (עֲבֹדָה, with seel., ἀποσκ-, κατασκ-), Jdth.2:17 4:5, 1Ma.9:35 א, 2Ma.15:21 * ;] 1. preparation. 2. equipment (Jth, ll with). 3. In Jewish usage, the day of preparation for a Sabbath or a feast (= προσάββατον, which see) : Mat.27:62, Mrk.15:42, Luk.23:54, Jhn.19:31; with genitive, τοῦ πάσχα, Jhn.19:14; τ. Ἰoυδαίων, Jhn.19:42 (it is the name for Friday in MGr.).† (AS)
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G3904 — παρασκευή
paraskeuē · Preparation · Greek
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Matthew 27:62 · παρασκευήν,Now on the next day, which was the day after the Preparation Day, the chief priests and the Pharisees were gathered together to Pilate,Mark 15:42 · παρασκευὴWhen evening had now come, because it was the Preparation Day, that is, the day before the Sabbath,Luke 23:54 · παρασκευῆς,It was the day of the Preparation, and the Sabbath was drawing near.John 19:14 · παρασκευὴNow it was the Preparation Day of the Passover, at about the sixth hour. He said to the Jews, “Behold, your King!”John 19:31 · παρασκευὴTherefore the Jews, because it was the Preparation Day, so that the bodies wouldn’t remain on the cross on the Sabbath (for that Sabbath was a special one), asked of Pilate that their legs might be broken, and that they might be taken away.John 19:42 · παρασκευὴνThen because of the Jews’ Preparation Day (for the tomb was near at hand) they laid Jesus there.