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ChasKlu@aol.com ChasKlu@aol.com
Sat, 21 Nov 1998 14:51:31 EST (00911699491, 5bad143f.365719c3@aol.com) 

In a message dated 11/21/98 2:47:03 PM Eastern Standard Time, ChasKlu writes:

<< In a message dated 11/19/98 4:24:47 PM Eastern Standard Time,
etyler@truman.edu writes:
 
 << At 03:19 PM 11/19/98 -0800, Farrell Till wrote:
  >BLACKFOOT
  >>According to Matthew and the others, Jesus died on the
  >>"ninth hour" of Preparation-Day of the week of Passover.
  >>It is well-established that the word, Paraskeuen (from
  >>the Greek for "preparation") was commonly used in the
  >>first century and thereafter as a name meaning,
  >>"Day-before-weekly-sabbath". It required no article,
  >>and is the same as saying "Friday".
  >
  >TILL
  >If this is so, I would be very interested in seeing supporting
documentation.
  >
  >Farrell Till
  >Skepticism, Inc.
  >jftill@midwest.net
  >
  >
  Ed
  
  One would be the Liddell-Scott-Jones Lexicon of Classical Greek, which
  reads in its third definition of the word:
  
  III. among the Jews, the day of Preparation, before the sabbath of the
  Passover, v.Marc.15.42, Ev.Jo.19.14,au=Ev.Jo. 19.31=lr, etc. ; hêmera
  paraskeuês Ev.Luc.23.54. 
  
  et
   >>
 Charlie
 I take it the first two meanings are something else entirely? >>

In fact, a search in the on-line Blue Letter Bible shows,
3904 paraskeue {par-ask-yoo-ay'}  

as if from 3903; TDNT - 7:1,989; n f

AV - preparation 6; 6

1) a making ready, preparation, equipping
2) that which is prepared, equipment
3) in the NT in a Jewish sense, the day of preparation
3a) the day on which the Jews made necessary preparation to
celebrate a sabbath or a feast

Note the last, "or a feast".

Charlie