OET interlinear MARK 15:42

uW Translation Notes:

Note 1 topic: writing-newevent

καὶ

and

Here, the word And introduces the next major event in the story. If it would be helpful in your language, you could use a word or phrase that introduces the next event, or you could leave And untranslated. Alternate translation: “After that,” or “Then,”

Note 2 topic: figures-of-speech / explicit

ἤδη ὀψίας γενομένης, ἐπεὶ ἦν παρασκευή, ὅ ἐστιν προσάββατον

already evening /having/_become because ˱it˲_was /the/_Preparation_‹day› that is /the/_pre-Sabbath_‹day›

Here Mark indicates that Joseph of Arimathea acted as he did (see 15:43) because it was the Day of Preparation. Mark assumes that his readers will know that Jews would not move or bury a body on the Sabbath (the next day). He also assumes that his readers will know that the law includes a command to bury on the same day anyone who was executed as Jesus was (see Deuteronomy 21:22–23). So, if he wanted bury Jesus’ body, Joseph needed to receive the body and bury it quickly, before the next day began. If it would be helpful for your readers, you could include this information in a footnote or make some of it more explicit in your translation. Alternate translation: “evening already having come, because it was the Day of Preparation, that is, the day before the Sabbath when no one could bury anyone”

Note 3 topic: figures-of-speech / explicit

παρασκευή, ὅ ἐστιν προσάββατον

/the/_Preparation_‹day› that is /the/_pre-Sabbath_‹day›

Here, as Mark indicates the Day of Preparation is the day before the Sabbath. On this day, Jews would prepare for the Sabbath so that they would not have to do work on that day. If it would be helpful in your language, you could make that idea more explicit. Alternate translation: “the day on which Jews prepared for the Sabbath, that is, the day before the Sabbath” or “the day before the Sabbath, the day on which Jews prepared for the Sabbath”