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Women at the cross: Matthew 27:55–56 many women ... who had followed Jesus from Galilee, ministering to him, among whom were Mary Magdalene and Mary the mother of James and Joseph and the mother of the sons of Zebedee Mark 15:40 women ... among whom were Mary Magdalene, and Mary the mother of James the younger and of Joses, and Salome Luke 23:49
Matthew 27:55–56 are the fifty-sixth and fifty-seventh verses of the twenty-seventh chapter of the Gospel of Matthew in the New Testament.The crucifixion and death of Jesus have just occurred, and these verses make note of a group of women who were present at that event.
The Three Marys (also spelled Maries) are women mentioned in the canonical gospels' narratives of the crucifixion and resurrection of Jesus. [1] [2] Mary was the most common name for Jewish women of the period. [citation needed] Saint Anne and her daughters, the Three Marys, Jean Fouquet. The Gospels refer to several women named Mary.
Crucifixion by Agnolo Gaddi, between 1390 and 1396, depicting several women at the crucifixion. The Gospels describe various women at the crucifixion, some of whom are named. According to Mark, many women were present, among them Mary Magdalene, Mary, mother of James and Mary of Clopas, [119] commonly known as "the Three Marys".
Women witnesses were given less weight than male ones in that era. Moreover, a group of Passionate female followers could have clear scandalous undertones, and in Keener's view would not have been invented for that reason. [3] Matthew 27:55 mentions that many women were at the crucifixion, but now only two appear. The rest of the women may have ...
Detail of Mary Magdalene weeping at the crucifixion of Jesus, as portrayed in The Descent from the Cross (c. 1435) by the Flemish artist Rogier van der Weyden [42] All four canonical gospels agree that several other women watched Jesus's crucifixion from a distance, with three explicitly naming Mary Magdalene as present. [43]
Mary of Clopas is explicitly mentioned only in John 19:25, where she is among the women present at the crucifixion of Jesus: Now there stood by the cross of Jesus His mother and His mother’s sister, Mary of Clopas, and Mary Magdalene. [3] The Gospels of Mark and Matthew each include similar passages that are nearly identical to one another:
Mary, mother of James is identified in the synoptic gospels as one of the women who went to Jesus' tomb after he was buried. Mark 16:1 and Luke 24:10 refer to "Mary the mother of James" as one of the Myrrhbearers, the women who went to the tomb of Jesus.