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Matthew 27:61

in the mean time Mary Magdalene, and the other Mary were sitting over against the sepulchre.

Bible Study Resources

Concordances:

- Nave's Topical Bible - Friendship;   Jesus, the Christ;   Love;   Mary;  

Dictionaries:

- American Tract Society Bible Dictionary - Mary;   Easton Bible Dictionary - Magdalene;   Mary;   Fausset Bible Dictionary - Mary Magdalene;   Mary of Cleophas;   Holman Bible Dictionary - Mary;   Matthew, the Gospel of;   Resurrection of Jesus Christ;   Shroud;   Hastings' Dictionary of the Bible - Joseph;   Mary;   Hastings' Dictionary of the New Testament - Sepulchre;   Tomb, Grave, Sepulchre;   Morrish Bible Dictionary - Mary, Wife of Cleophas;   People's Dictionary of the Bible - Mary;   Smith Bible Dictionary - Ma'ry;   Ma'ry Magdalene;  

Encyclopedias:

- International Standard Bible Encyclopedia - Mary;   Poverty;   Woman;  

Parallel Translations

Christian Standard Bible®
Mary Magdalene and the other Mary were seated there, facing the tomb.
King James Version (1611)
And there was Mary Magdalene, and the other Mary, sitting ouer against the sepulchre.
King James Version
And there was Mary Magdalene, and the other Mary, sitting over against the sepulchre.
English Standard Version
Mary Magdalene and the other Mary were there, sitting opposite the tomb.
New American Standard Bible
And Mary Magdalene was there, and the other Mary, sitting opposite the tomb.
New Century Version
Mary Magdalene and the other woman named Mary were sitting near the tomb.
Amplified Bible
And Mary Magdalene was there, and the other Mary, sitting opposite the tomb.
New American Standard Bible (1995)
And Mary Magdalene was there, and the other Mary, sitting opposite the grave.
Legacy Standard Bible
And Mary Magdalene was there, and the other Mary, sitting opposite the grave.
Berean Standard Bible
Mary Magdalene and the other Mary were sitting there opposite the tomb.
Contemporary English Version
All this time Mary Magdalene and the other Mary were sitting across from the tomb.
Complete Jewish Bible
Miryam of Magdala and the other Miryam stayed there, sitting opposite the grave.
Darby Translation
But Mary of Magdala was there, and the other Mary, sitting opposite the sepulchre.
Easy-to-Read Version
Mary Magdalene and the other woman named Mary were sitting near the tomb.
Geneva Bible (1587)
And there was Marie Magdalene, and the other Marie sitting ouer against the sepulchre.
George Lamsa Translation
And there were there Mary of Magdala and the other Mary, who were sitting opposite the tomb.
Good News Translation
Mary Magdalene and the other Mary were sitting there, facing the tomb.
Lexham English Bible
Now Mary Magdalene and the other Mary were there, sitting opposite the tomb.
Literal Translation
And there was Mary Magdalene and the other Mary, sitting across from the grave.
American Standard Version
And Mary Magdalene was there, and the other Mary, sitting over against the sepulchre.
Bible in Basic English
And Mary Magdalene was there, and the other Mary, seated by the place of the dead.
Hebrew Names Version
Miryam from Magdala was there, and the other Miryam, sitting opposite the tomb.
International Standard Version
But Mary Magdalene and the other Mary remained there, sitting in front of the tomb.
Etheridge Translation
Now there were there Mariam Magdolitha and the other Mariam, who were sitting over against the sepulchre.
Murdock Translation
And there were present Mary of Magdala, and the other Mary, who sat over against the grave.
Bishop's Bible (1568)
And there was Marie Magdalene, & the other Marie, syttyng ouer against the sepulchre.
English Revised Version
And Mary Magdalene was there, and the other Mary, sitting over against the sepulchre.
World English Bible
Mary Magdalene was there, and the other Mary, sitting opposite the tomb.
Wesley's New Testament (1755)
And Mary Magdalene was there and the other Mary, sitting over against the sepulchre.
Weymouth's New Testament
Mary of Magdala and the other Mary were both present there, sitting opposite to the sepulchre.
Wycliffe Bible (1395)
But Marie Maudelene and anothir Marie weren there, sittynge ayens the sepulcre.
Update Bible Version
And Mary Magdalene was there, and the other Mary, sitting across from the tomb.
Webster's Bible Translation
And there was Mary Magdalene, and the other Mary, sitting over against the sepulcher.
New English Translation
(Now Mary Magdalene and the other Mary were sitting there, opposite the tomb.)
New King James Version
And Mary Magdalene was there, and the other Mary, sitting opposite the tomb.
New Living Translation
Both Mary Magdalene and the other Mary were sitting across from the tomb and watching.
New Life Bible
Mary Magdalene and the other Mary stayed there. They were sitting near the grave.
New Revised Standard
Mary Magdalene and the other Mary were there, sitting opposite the tomb.
J.B. Rotherham Emphasized Bible
Now there were there, Mary the Magdalene, and the other Mary, sitting over against the sepulchre.
Douay-Rheims Bible
And there was there Mary Magdalen and the other Mary, sitting over against the sepulchre.
Revised Standard Version
Mary Mag'dalene and the other Mary were there, sitting opposite the sepulchre.
Tyndale New Testament (1525)
And there was Mary Magdalene and the other Mary sittynge over ageynste the sepulcre.
Young's Literal Translation
and there were there Mary the Magdalene, and the other Mary, sitting over-against the sepulchre.
Miles Coverdale Bible (1535)
And there was Mary Magdalene and ye other Mary, syttinge ouer agaynst the sepulcre.
Simplified Cowboy Version
Mary Magdalene and the other Mary were sittin' there watchin' from nearby.

Contextual Overview

57 In the evening a rich man of Arimathea, named Joseph, who himself was Jesus's disciple, 58 went to Pilate, and begged the body of Jesus; which Pilate ordered to be delivered to him. 59 Joseph then having taken the body, wrapped it in a clean linen cloth, 60 and laid it in a monument which he had lately caused to be hewn out in the rock: and having rolled a large stone to the door of the sepulchre, he went away. 61 in the mean time Mary Magdalene, and the other Mary were sitting over against the sepulchre. 62 Now the next day after the preparation of the sabbath, the chief priests and Pharisees went together to Pilate, 63 saying, sir, we remember that this impostor, when he was alive, said, "after three days I will rise again." 64 pray therefore order a guard to be posted at the sepulchre till the third day, for fear his disciples should come and steal him away, and then tell the people, "he is risen from the dead:" for this last imposture would be of worse consequence than the first. 65 to whom Pilate replied, you have a guard, go then, and make it as secure as you can. 66 accordingly they went, and having clapt a seal upon the stone, they posted a guard to secure the sepulchre.

Bible Verse Review
  from Treasury of Scripure Knowledge

Mary Magdalene: Matthew 27:56

Reciprocal: Matthew 28:1 - Mary Magdalene Mark 15:40 - Mary the Mark 15:47 - General Luke 23:49 - the women Luke 23:55 - General

Gill's Notes on the Bible

And there was Mary Magdalene and the other Mary,.... The wife of Cleophas, and the mother of James and of Joses:

sitting over against the sepulchre; observing where the body of Christ was put, and how it was laid; for they intended to prepare spices and ointments to anoint it with; and were mourning for the death of Christ: for sitting was a mourning posture, which now they were allowed, the body being taken down from the cross, and interred by leave of the governor; for, for one that died as a malefactor, they might not use the outward signs of mourning: the canon is this w; for such

"they do not mourn, but they grieve; and there is no grieving but in the heart:''

hence these women before stood, John 19:25, but now they sat.

w Misn. Sarhedrin, c. 6. sect. 4.

Clarke's Notes on the Bible

Verse Matthew 27:61. Mary Magdalene, and the other Mary — The mother of James and Joses, Matthew 27:56. The mother of our Lord had probably, by this time, been taken home to the house of John. See John 19:26-27.

Sitting over against the sepulchre. — These holy women, filled with that love to their Lord which death cannot destroy, cleaved to him in life, and in death were not divided. They came to the grave to see the end, and overwhelmed with sorrow and anguish, sat down to mourn.


 
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