Among which was Mary Magdalene, and Mary the mother of James and Joses, and the mother of Zebedee’s children.
Parallel translations
- WEB Among them were Mary Magdalene, Mary the mother of James and Joses, and the mother of the sons of Zebedee.
- BSB Among them were Mary Magdalene, Mary the mother of James and Joseph, and the mother of Zebedee’s sons.
- NKJV among whom were Mary Magdalene, Mary the mother of James and Joses, and the mother of Zebedee’s sons.
- NASB Among them were Mary Magdalene, Mary the mother of James and Joseph, and the mother of the sons of Zebedee.
- NLT Among them were Mary Magdalene, Mary (the mother of James and Joseph), and the mother of James and John, the sons of Zebedee.
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Among the women are Mary Magdalene, another Mary, and the mother of Zebedee's sons. These named witnesses confirm the account.
Overview
Matthew identifies several of the watching women by name, grounding the crucifixion in eyewitness testimony. Their named presence underscores the historical reliability of the events and the prominent role of these faithful women. They serve as crucial witnesses linking the death, burial, and resurrection of Jesus.
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- John 19:25Now there stood by the cross of Jesus his mother, and his mother’s sister, Mary the wife of Cleophas, and Mary Magdalene.
- Mark 15:47And Mary Magdalene and Mary the mother of Joses beheld where he was laid.
- Mark 16:9Now when Jesus was risen early the first day of the week, he appeared first to Mary Magdalene, out of whom he had cast seven devils.
- 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.
- John 20:1The first day of the week cometh Mary Magdalene early, when it was yet dark, unto the sepulchre, and seeth the stone taken away from the sepulchre.
- Matt 13:55Is not this the carpenter’s son? is not his mother called Mary? and his brethren, James, and Joses, and Simon, and Judas?
- Matt 27:61And there was Mary Magdalene, and the other Mary, sitting over against the sepulchre.
- Luke 24:10It was Mary Magdalene, and Joanna, and Mary the mother of James, and other women that were with them, which told these things unto the apostles.
- John 20:18Mary Magdalene came and told the disciples that she had seen the LORD, and that he had spoken these things unto her.
- Matt 20:20–21Then came to him the mother of Zebedee’s children with her sons, worshipping him, and desiring a certain thing of him.
- Mark 15:40–41There 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;
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