42
When evening had now come, because it was the Preparation Day, that is, the day before the Sabbath,
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Verse 42. Ven. Bede thinks the word parasceve is derived from the Greek παρασκευη, signifying a preparation. It was the day before the sabbath, on which the Jews were accustomed to prepare two meals, one for the parasceve, and another for the sabbath; the Jews not being allowed to dress any meat on the latter day, on account of its great solemnity. The Jews learnt this word of the Greeks, who lived among them in Jerusalem. Ven. Bede.
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