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NASB | John 19:25 Therefore the soldiers did these things. ¶ But standing by the cross of Jesus were His mother, and His mother's sister, Mary the wife of Clopas, and Mary Magdalene. |
AMPLIFIED 2015 | John 19:25 So the soldiers did these things. But standing by the cross of Jesus were His mother, His mother's sister [Salome], Mary the wife of Clopas, and Mary Magdalene. [Mark 15:40] |
Subject: Who were Mary's sisters? |
Bible Note: Salo´me (peaceful). 1. The wife of Zebedee, Matt. 27:56; Mark 15:40, and probably sister of Mary the mother of Jesus, to whom reference is made in John 19:25. The only events recorded of Salome are that she preferred a request on behalf of her two sons for seats of honor in the kingdom of heaven, Matt. 20:20, that she attended at the crucifixion of Jesus, Mark 15:40, and that she visited his sepulchre. Mark 16:1. She is mentioned by name on only the two latter occasions. Ma´ry the virgin, the mother of our Lord. There is no person perhaps in sacred or profane history around whom so many legends have been grouped as the Virgin Mary; and there are few whose authentic history is more concise. She was, like Joseph, of the tribe of Judah and of the lineage of David. Ps. 132:11; Luke 1:32; Rom. 1:3. She had a sister, named, like herself, Mary, John 19:25, and she was connected by marriage, Luke 1:36, with Elisabeth, who was of the tribe of Levi and of the lineage of Aaron. This is all that we know of her antecedents. She was betrothed to Joseph of Nazareth; but before her marriage she became with child by the Holy Ghost, and became the mother of Jesus Christ, the Saviour of the world. Her history at this time, her residence at Bethlehem, flight to Egypt, and and return to her early home at Nazareth, are well known. Four times only does she appear after the commencement of Christ’s ministry. These four occasions are— 1. The marriage at Cana in Galilee took place in the three months which intervened between the baptism of Christ and the passover of the year 27. Mary was present, and witnessed the first miracle performed by Christ, when he turned the water into wine. She had probably become a widow before this time. 2. Capernaum, John 2:12, and Nazareth, Matt. 4:13; 13:54; Mark 6:1, appear to have been the residence of Mary for a considerable period. The next time that she is brought before us we find her at Capernaum, where she, with other relatives, had gone to inquire about the strange stories they had heard of her son Jesus. They sought an audience with our Lord, which was not granted, as he refused to William Smith; revised and edited by F.N. and admit any authority on the part of his relatives, or any privilege on account of their relationship. 3. The next scene in Mary’s life brings us to the foot of the cross. With almost his last words Christ commended his mother to the care of him who had borne the name of the disciple whom Jesus loved: “Woman, behold thy son.” And from that hour St. John assures us that he took her to his own abode. So far as Mary is portrayed to us in Scripture, she is, as we should have expected, the most tender, the most faithful, humble, patient and loving of women, but a woman still. 4. In the days succeeding the ascension of Christ Mary met with the disciples in the upper room, Acts 1:14, waiting for the coming of the Holy Spirit with power. William Smith; revised and edited by F.N. and M.A. Peloubet, Smith’s Bible dictionary electronic ed., Logos Library System, (Nashville: Thomas Nelson) 1997. |