Matthew 27:56 BSB — MannaFest

Matthew 27:56

Among them were Mary Magdalene, Mary the mother of James and Joseph, and the mother of Zebedee’s sons.

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ASV

among whom was Mary Magdalene, and Mary the mother of James and Joses, and the mother of the sons of Zebedee.

KJV

Among which was Mary Magdalene, and Mary the mother of James and Joses, and the mother of Zebedee’s children.

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Commentary

2 voices

Jerome

Catena Aurea by Aquinas (420)

(adv. Helvid.) 'See,' says Helvidius, 'Jacob and Joseph are the sons of Mary the Lord's mother, whom the Jews call the brethren of Christ. (Mark 6:3.) He is also called James the less, to distinguish him from James the greater, who was the son of Zebedee.' And he urges that 'it were impious to suppose that His mother Mary would be absent, when the other women were there; or that we should have to invent some other third unknown person of the name of Mary, and that too when John's Gospel witnesses that His mother was present.' O blind folly!

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The Church Fathers1 voice

Jerome

Commentary on Matthew (420)

(Verse 55, 56.) And there were many women there from afar who had followed Jesus from Galilee, ministering to him; among whom were Mary Magdalene, and Mary the mother of James, and Joseph's mother, and the mother of the sons of Zebedee. It was a Jewish custom, and it was not considered wrong according to the ancient customs of the gentiles, for women to provide food and clothing to their teachers out of their own means. Paul mentioned that he had rejected this because it could cause scandal among the nations.

The Puritans and the Awakening1 voice

John Gill

1697–1771

Exposition of the New Testament (1746-1748)

Among which was Mary Magdalene,.... Out of whom Christ had cast out seven devils; and who having received much from him, loved much, which she showed by her zealous and constant attachment to him. She was called Magdalene, either because she was an inhabitant of Magdala, Mat 15:39, so we read (e) of R.

The Nineteenth Century2 voices

Adam Clarke

1762–1832

Commentary on the Bible (1832)

Mary Magdalene - She probably had her name from Magdala, a village or district in Lower Galilee. See Mat 15:39. Some think she was called Magdalene from מגדלא magdala, which signifies a plaiter of hair. See Lightfoot. Mary the mother of James - She was mother of him called James the lesser, or junior, who was son of Alpheus or Cleopas - see Mat 10:3; Mar 15:40; Joh 19:25; and she was sister to the holy virgin. Thus it appears that there were four remarkable Marys mentioned in the Gospels. 1. Mary the Virgin, wife of Joseph.

Jamieson, Fausset & Brown

1802–1910

Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible (1871)

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Original language & word study

20 tagged words

Original	Transliteration	Meaning	Word study
ἐν	en	among	G1722 →
αἷς	hais	whom	G3739 →
ἦν	ēn	was	G1510 →
Μαρία	Maria	Mary	G3137 →
ἡ	hē	<the>	G3588 →
Μαγδαληνὴ	Magdalēnē	Magdalene	G3094 →
καὶ	kai	and	G2532 →
Μαρία	Maria	Mary	G3137 →
ἡ	hē	she	G3588 →
τοῦ	tou	<the>	G3588 →
Ἰακώβου	Iakōbou	of James	G2385 →
καὶ	kai	and	G2532 →
Ἰωσὴφ	Iōsēph	of Joseph	G2501 →
μήτηρ	mētēr	[the] mother	G3384 →
καὶ	kai	and	G2532 →
ἡ	hē	the	G3588 →
μήτηρ	mētēr	mother	G3384 →
τῶν	tōn	of the	G3588 →
υἱῶν	huiōn	sons	G5207 →
Ζεβεδαίου.¶	Zebedaiou	of Zebedee.	G2199 →

Rare words are the text's own signal of a deliberate thread: the fewer the occurrences, the more the places it appears belong together.

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Where the connections lead

Follow this verse’s cross-references two steps out. Each card is a verse this one points to, and beneath it the verses that one points to in turn. Where several different paths arrive at the same place, that place is listed first: the text keeps returning to it. Every stop shows its own words, and every stop is a page.

Through
John 19:25
Near the cross of Jesus stood His mother and her sister, as well as Mary the wife of Clopas and Mary Magdalene.
leads to
- Mark 15:40–41
  And there were also women watching from a distance. Among them were Mary Magdalene, Mary the mother of James the younger and of Joses, and Salome.
  Reached by 2 independent paths from here.
- Luke 23:49
  But all those who knew Jesus, including the women who had followed Him from Galilee, stood at a distance watching these things.
- John 20:11–18
  But Mary stood outside the tomb weeping. And as she wept, she bent down to look into the tomb,
  Reached by 2 independent paths from here.
- Matthew 27:55–56
  And many women were there, watching from a distance. They had followed Jesus from Galilee to minister to Him.
- John 20:1
  Early on the first day of the week, while it was still dark, Mary Magdalene went to the tomb and saw that the stone had been removed from the entrance.
Through
Matthew 28:1
After the Sabbath, at dawn on the first day of the week, Mary Magdalene and the other Mary went to see the tomb.
leads to
- Mark 16:1–8
  When the Sabbath was over, Mary Magdalene, Mary the mother of James, and Salome bought spices so they could go and anoint the body of Jesus.
- Matthew 27:61
  Mary Magdalene and the other Mary were sitting there opposite the tomb.
  Reached by 2 independent paths from here.
- John 20:1–10
  Early on the first day of the week, while it was still dark, Mary Magdalene went to the tomb and saw that the stone had been removed from the entrance.

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Where the connections lead

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06About Matthew

Where the connections lead

The record, by era

Commentary

Original language & word study

The walk

Related verses

Featured studies on this passage

About Matthew