Sentence:  This leads Irenaeus to the somewhat startling notion that <WSD>Adam</WSD> and Eve died on the same day that they disobeyed , namely , on a Friday , as a parallel to the death of Christ on Good Friday ; he sees a parallel also to the Jewish day of preparation for the Sabbath . 
Meaning of the word marked with <WSD> tags:  (Old Testament) in Judeo-Christian mythology; the first man and the husband of Eve and the progenitor of the human race