- παρασκευή
- παρασκευή, ῆς, ἡ (s. prec. entry; Trag., Hdt.+; Ath. 15, 2) prim. sense ‘preparation’ (Hdt. 9, 82 and Polyaenus 7, 21, 6 τοῦ δείπνου; 7, 27, 3 πολέμου), in our lit. only of a definite day, as the day of preparation for a festival; acc. to Israel’s usage (in this sense only in late pap, s. New Docs 3, 80; Jos., Ant. 16, 163; Synes., Ep. 4 p. 161d) it was Friday, on which day everything had to be prepared for the Sabbath, when no work was permitted Mt 27:62 (CTorrey, ZAW 65, ’53, 242= JBL 50, ’31, 234 n. 3, ‘sunset’. Against Torrey, SZeitlin, JBL 51, ’32, 263–71); Mk 15:42; J 19:31. ἡμέρα παρασκευῆς Lk 23:54 (D ἡμ. πρὸ σαββάτου, cp. Mk 15:42). παρασκευὴ τῶν Ἰουδαίων J 19:42. παρασκευὴ τοῦ πάσχα day of preparation for the Passover (or Friday of Passover Week) vs. 14. For Christians as well παρασκευή served to designate the sixth day of the week (ESchürer, ZNW 6,1905, 10; 11f) Friday MPol 7:1; AcPl Ha 7, 14., and so in Mod. Gk. For Christians it is a fast day, as the day of Jesus’ death D 8:1. On the chronology s. bibliog. in SPorter, Can Traditional Exegesis Enlighten Literary Analysis of the Fourth Gospel, in CEvans/JSanders, edd., Studies in Scripture in Early Judaism and Christianity ’94, 416f n. 3.—B. 1008. Schürer index. M-M. TW.
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