STRONGS G3904:
παρασκευή,
παρασκευῆς,
ἡ, from
Herodotus down;
1. a making ready, preparation, equipping.
2. that which is prepared, equipment.
3. in the N. T. in a Jewish sense,
the day of preparation, i. e. the day on which the Jews made the necessary preparation to celebrate a sabbath or a feast:
Matthew 27:62;
Mark 15:42;
Luke 23:54;
John 19:31 (
Josephus, Antiquities 16, 6, 2); with a genitive of the object,
τοῦ πάσχα (according to
Winer's Grammar, 189 (177f) a possessive genitive),
John 19:14 (cf. Rückert, Abendmahl, p. 31f); with a genitive of the subjunctive,
τῶν Ἰουδαίων, ibid. 42. Cf. Bleek, Beiträge zur Evangelienkritik, p. 114ff; (on later usage cf. '
Teaching 8, 1 [ET] (and Harnack's note); Martyr.
Polycarp, 7, 1 [ET] (and Zahn's note);
Sophocles' Lexicon, under the word, 3).
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