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NASB | Matthew 27:61 And Mary Magdalene was there, and the other Mary, sitting opposite the grave. |
AMPLIFIED 2015 | Matthew 27:61 And Mary Magdalene was there, and the other Mary, sitting opposite the tomb. |
Bible Question: Who was the other Mary? |
Bible Answer: Greetings odiear3rd, (Mat 27:61 KJV) And there was Mary Magdalene, and the other Mary, sitting over against the sepulchre. "and the other Mary" - The mother of James and Joses, (see Mat 27:56). (Mat 27:56 KJV) Among which was Mary Magdalene, and Mary the mother of James and Joses, and the mother of Zebedee's children. see also John 19:25 (Joh 19:25 KJV) Now there stood by the cross of Jesus his mother, and his mother's sister, Mary the wife of Cleophas, and Mary Magdalene. Some of the Marys in the Gospels are sometimes a little confusing. Below is one commentary: "Joh 19:25 - Mary the wife of Cleophas - She is said, in Mat 27:56 ... and Mar 15:40, to have been the mother of James the Less, and of Joses; and this James her son is said, in Mat 10:3, to have been the son of Alpheus; hence it seems that Alpheus and Cleopas were the same person. To which may be added, that Hegesippus is quoted by Eusebius, Hist. Eccl. l. iii. c. 11, as saying that Cleopas was the brother of Joseph, the husband of the virgin. Theophylact says that Cleopas, (brother of Joseph, the husband of the virgin), having died childless, his brother Joseph married his widow, by whom he had four sons, called by the evangelists the brothers of our Lord, and two daughters, the one named Salome, the other Mary, the daughter of Cleopas, because she was his daughter according to law, though she was the daughter of Joseph according to nature. There are several conjectures equally well founded with this last to be met with in the ancient commentators; but, in many cases, it is very difficult to distinguish the different Marys mentioned by the evangelists." - Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Hope this helps terrib |
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