PARASCEUE is a Greek Word which signifies Preparation. The Jews gave the Name of Parasceue to Friday, because being Exod. xvi. 23. xxxv. 2, 3.not allowed on the Sabbath to prepare their Food, they provided the Day before. St. John says, that Friday on which our Saviour John xix. 14, 31, 41.suffered was the Preparation of the Passover, because the Passover was to be celebrated the Day following. St. Matthew marks out the Matth. xxvii. 62.Sabbath Day by these Words: The Day that followed the Parasceue. All the Evangelists observe, that they were in a great Hurry to take down Christ from the Cross, and to put him in the nearest Tomb, because it was the Evening of the Parasceue, and that the Sabbath was to begin immediately after the setting of the Sun, or the rising of the Stars.
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