And Mary Magdalene and Mary the mother of Joses beheld where he was laid.
Parallel translations
- WEB Mary Magdalene and Mary, the mother of Joses, saw where he was laid.
- BSB Mary Magdalene and Mary the mother of Joseph saw where His body was placed.
- NKJV And Mary Magdalene and Mary the mother of Joses observed where He was laid.
- NASB Mary Magdalene and Mary the mother of Joses were watching to see where He was laid.
- NLT Mary Magdalene and Mary the mother of Joseph saw where Jesus’ body was laid.
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Quick answer
Mary Magdalene and Mary the mother of Joses see exactly where Jesus is laid. They will know the right tomb on Sunday morning.
Overview
Mark stresses that these women watched the burial and noted the location, making them reliable witnesses. There could be no confusion about which tomb they would later find empty. Their careful observation forms an unbroken chain of testimony from the cross to the resurrection.
Cross-references & the web
Cross-references · 5
- Mark 15:40There were also women looking on afar off: among whom was Mary Magdalene, and Mary the mother of James the less and of Joses, and Salome;
- Mark 16:1And when the sabbath was past, Mary Magdalene, and Mary the mother of James, and Salome, had bought sweet spices, that they might come and anoint him.
- Matt 27:61And there was Mary Magdalene, and the other Mary, sitting over against the sepulchre.
- Luke 23:55And the women also, which came with him from Galilee, followed after, and beheld the sepulchre, and how his body was laid.
- Matt 28:1In the end of the sabbath, as it began to dawn toward the first day of the week, came Mary Magdalene and the other Mary to see the sepulchre.
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Mark drives urgently to the cross, showing Jesus the Son of God as the suffering Servant who 'came not to be served but to serve, and to give his life as a ransom for many.'
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