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27:56 Among them were Mary Magdalene, Mary the mother of James and Joseph, and the mother of the sons of Zebedee.
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Names, People and Places:
 · James a son of Zebedee; brother of John; an apostle,a son of Alpheus; an apostle,a brother of Jesus; writer of the epistle of James,the father (or brother) of the apostle Judas
 · Joseph the husband of Mary and foster-father of Jesus,a Jewish man from Arimathea in whose grave the body of Jesus was laid,two different men listed as ancestors of Jesus,a man nominated with Matthias to take the place of Judas Iscariot as apostle,a son of Jacob and Rachel; the father of Ephraim and Manasseh and ruler of Egypt,a brother of Jesus; a son of Mary,a man who was a companion of Paul,son of Jacob and Rachel; patriarch of the tribes of Ephraim and Manasseh,a tribe, actually two tribes named after Joseph's sons, Ephraim and Manasseh,father of Igal, of Issachar, who helped spy out Canaan,son of Asaph the Levite; worship leader under Asaph and King David,a man who put away his heathen wife; an Israelite descended from Binnui,priest and head of the house of Shebaniah under High Priest Joiakim in the time of Nehemiah
 · Magdalene a person (woman) from Magdala
 · Mary mother of Jesus and wife of Joseph,a woman from Magdala in Galilee,the mother of James and Joses,the wife of Cleophas,the sister of Lazarus and Martha in Bethany,the mother of John Mark who was a nephew of Barnabas,a Christian woman in Rome who helped Paul
 · Zebedee the father of James and John, who were two of the twelve apostles


Dictionary Themes and Topics: Zebedee | WOMAN | Salome | Peter | Mary | Magdalene | Love | Joses | John | Jesus, The Christ | James | JOSEPH (1) | JOHN, THE APOSTLE | JESUS CHRIST, 4E2 | Homicide | Galilee | Friendship | Cleophas | BRETHREN OF THE LORD | ALPHAEUS | more
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Vincent: Mat 27:56 - -- Magdalene ( ἡ Μαγδαληνὴ ) Neither Mary of Bethany (Mat 26:6-13) nor the woman who had been a sinner (Luk 7:37-48). The word denotes...

Magdalene ( ἡ Μαγδαληνὴ )

Neither Mary of Bethany (Mat 26:6-13) nor the woman who had been a sinner (Luk 7:37-48). The word denotes merely her town : She of Magdala .

Wesley: Mat 27:56 - -- The less: he was so called, to distinguish him from the other James, the brother of John; probably because he was less in stature.

The less: he was so called, to distinguish him from the other James, the brother of John; probably because he was less in stature.

JFB: Mat 27:56 - -- (See on Luk 8:2).

(See on Luk 8:2).

JFB: Mat 27:56 - -- The wife of Cleophas, or rather Clopas, and sister of the Virgin (Joh 19:25). See on Mat 13:55-56.

The wife of Cleophas, or rather Clopas, and sister of the Virgin (Joh 19:25). See on Mat 13:55-56.

JFB: Mat 27:56 - -- That is, Salome: compare Mar 15:40. All this about the women is mentioned for the sake of what is afterwards to be related of their purchasing spices ...

That is, Salome: compare Mar 15:40. All this about the women is mentioned for the sake of what is afterwards to be related of their purchasing spices to anoint their Lord's body.

The Taking Down from the Cross and the Burial (Mat 27:57-60).

For the exposition of this portion, see on Joh 19:38-42.

The Women Mark the Sacred Spot that They Might Recognize It on Coming Thither to Anoint the Body (Mat 27:61).

Clarke: Mat 27:56 - -- 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 ...

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

Clarke: Mat 27:56 - -- 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; Jo...

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

2.    Mary Salome, her sister, wife of Cleopas, Joh 19:25

3.    Mary Magdalene, or Mary of Magdala; and

4.    Mary, the sister of Martha and Lazarus, Joh 11:1

Though Baronius asserts, and Lightfoot is of the same opinion, that Mary Magdalene, and Mary, the sister of Martha and Lazarus, was one and the same person. It is difficult to ascertain and distinguish these women where their names occur in the Gospels, so many being called by the name of Mary

Clarke: Mat 27:56 - -- Joses - Several MSS. and versions read Joseph.

Joses - Several MSS. and versions read Joseph.

TSK: Mat 27:56 - -- Mary Magdalene : Mat 27:61, Mat 28:1; Mar 15:40,Mar 15:41, Mar 16:1, Mar 16:9; Luk 24:10; Joh 20:1, Joh 20:18 Mary the : Mar 15:47, Mar 16:1; Joh 19:2...

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Barnes: Mat 27:56 - -- Mary Magdalene - Mary of Magdala. She had a special cause of attachment to the Saviour, having been relieved by him of a most dreadful calamity...

Mary Magdalene - Mary of Magdala. She had a special cause of attachment to the Saviour, having been relieved by him of a most dreadful calamity and restored to her right mind, after being possessed by seven devils. See the notes at Luk 8:2.

And the mother of Zebedee’ s children - That is, of James and John, Mat 10:2. Her name was Salome, Mar 15:40.

Poole: Mat 27:54-56 - -- Ver. 54-56. Mark saith, Mar 15:39-41 , And when the centurion, which stood over against him, saw that he so cried out, and gave up the ghost, he sai...

Ver. 54-56. Mark saith, Mar 15:39-41 , And when the centurion, which stood over against him, saw that he so cried out, and gave up the ghost, he said, Truly this man was the Son of God. There 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; (who also when he was in Galilee, followed him, and ministered unto him); and many other women which came up with him to Jerusalem.

Luke saith, Luk 23:47-49 , Now when the centurion saw what was done, he glorified God, saying, Certainly this was a righteous man. And all the people that came together to that sight, beholding the things which were done, smote their breasts, and returned. And all his acquaintance, and the women that followed him from Galilee, stood afar off, beholding these things.

We heard before, Mat 27:36 , that the soldiers sat down and watched Christ. The centurion here mentioned was the captain of this watch; he seeing the earthquake, and all the other things that were done, saith Matthew. Mark saith, When he saw that he so cried out, and gave up the ghost. He glorified God, saith Luke. Matthew and Mark tell us how he said. Truly this man was the Son of God. Luke saith he said, Certainly this was a righteous man: he glorified God by a confession of the truth, to the glory of God, saying, he was a righteous man, and such a righteous man as was also the Son of God. It seems very probable that this captain, living amongst the Jews, had learned from them their expectation of a Messiah, and speaketh this with reference to that, and acknowledgeth that Christ was he. Luke addeth, that all the people that came to see that sight returned, smiting their breasts, being convinced of the great wickedness committed by their high priests, and chief priests and elders, and fearing that vengeance which followed in less than forty years.

And many women were there: these women had followed Christ out of Galilee: two only are named here,

Mary Magdalene who probably had her name from Magdala a city in Galilee,

and Mary the mother of James and Joses ( James the less, saith Mark, to distinguish him from James the son of Zebedee),

and the mother of Zebedee’ s children: these stood afar off, these three evangelists say. John told us, Joh 19:25 , that two of these were so near the cross, with the mother of our Lord, that he spake to them. Here we read nothing of the mother of our Lord, probably she was gone with John, to whom Christ had commended her, and the rest withdrew and stood farther off from the cross at this time. Matthew goeth on now, describing the coming of Joseph of Arimathea to beg the dead body of Christ; so doth Mark and Luke.

John interposes something tending to complete the history, Joh 19:31-37 : The Jews therefore, because it was the preparation, that the bodies should not remain upon the cross on the sabbath day, (for that sabbath day was an high day), besought Pilate that their legs might be broken, and that they might be taken away. Then came the soldiers, and brake the legs of the first, and of the other which was crucified with him. But when they came to Jesus, and saw that he was dead already, they brake not his legs: but one of the soldiers with a spear pierced his side, and forthwith came thereout blood and water. And he that saw it bare record, and his record is true: and he knoweth that he saith true, that ye might believe. For these things were done, that the scripture should be fulfilled, A bone of him shall not be broken. And again another scripture saith, They shall look on him whom they pierced.

The day upon which he was crucified was the fifteenth day of the month Nisan, upon the Friday, as we call it; this appeareth from this text, which saith it was the preparation to the Jewish sabbath; and that sabbath, the evangelist saith, was a high day, not because, as some think, the Jews put off their passover to that day, but because it was the second day of the feast of unleavened bread. It is true, Joh 19:14 , it is called the preparation of the passover; but we must remember, that all the seven days of unleavened bread were so called, as I before noted. This day was indeed the preparation to the sabbath in the paschal week, for otherwise we must say that Christ did not eat the passover the same day that the Jews did, which involves us in many inextricable difficulties, and could not be if the paschal lamb was to be killed by the priests, for they would not have killed it the day before. It is therefore most probable, that Joh 19:14 must be expounded by Joh 19:31 , and the preparation of the passover, Joh 19:14 ; was the preparation to the sabbath, which falling within the compass of the seven days of unleavened bread, was a great day with them, especially being the day following the eating of the paschal lamb. By the law, Deu 21:23 , the body of none that was hanged was to abide all night upon the tree. It was between three and four of the clock in the afternoon before that Christ died; they used to set some hours apart for preparation to the sabbath, which that night began as soon as the sun was set; this therefore makes them go to Pilate, and desire that the legs of them that suffered might be broken. Pilate grants their request. The soldiers brake the legs of the two thieves, but when they came to Christ, they found him dead, and brake not his legs, but a soldier with a spear pierced his side. The evangelist takes notice of these minute things, (and assures us he saw them, that we might believe), that he might show us how in every point the things of old spoken of Christ were fulfilled in him. Christ was the true paschal Lamb, as to which the law was, That a bone of it should not be broken, Exo 12:46 Num 9:12 ; or else the evangelist refers to Psa 34:20 , where it is said of a righteous man, He keepeth all his bones; not one of them is broken. Our Saviour’ s side was pierced, and that also is recorded, to let us know the fulfilling of that scripture, Zec 12:10 , They shall look upon me whom they have pierced.

Lightfoot: Mat 27:56 - -- Among which was Mary Magdalene, and Mary the mother of James and Joses, and the mother of Zebedee's children.   [Mary Magdalene.] That Ma...

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

[Mary Magdalene.] That Magdalene was the same with Mary the sister of Lazarus Baronius proves at large; whom see. It is confirmed enough from this very place; for if Mary Magdalene was not the same with Mary the sister of Lazarus, then either Mary the sister of Lazarus was not present at the crucifixion of Christ, and at his burial, or else she is passed over in silence by the evangelists; both which are improbable. Whence she was called Magdalene; doth not so plainly appear; whether from Magdala; a town on the lake of Gennesaret, or from the word which signifies a plaiting or curling of the hair; a thing usual with harlots. Let us see what is spoken by the Talmudists concerning Mary Magdala; who, they say, was mother of Ben Satda:   

"They stoned the son of Satda in Lydda, and they hanged him up on the evening of the Passover. Now this son of Satda was son of Pandira. Indeed, Rabh Chasda said, 'The husband [of his mother] was Satda; her husband was Pandira; her husband was Papus the son of Juda: but yet I say his mother was Satda, namely, Mary, the plaiter of women's hair; as they say in Pombeditha, she departed from her husband.' " These words are also repeated in Schabath; "Rabh Bibai, at a time when the angel of death was with him, said to his officer, Go, bring me Mary the plaiter of women's hair. He went and brought to him Mary, the plaiter of young men's hair;" etc. The Gloss; "The angel of death reckoned up to him what he had done before: for this story of Mary, the plaiter of women's hair; was under the second Temple, for she was the mother of N., as it is said in Schabath." See the Gloss there at the place before quoted.   

"There are some who find a fly in their cup, and take it out and will not drink; such was Papus Ben Judas, who locked the door upon his wife, and went out." Where the Glosser says thus; "Papus Ben Juda was the husband of Mary, the plaiter of women's hair; and when he went out of his house into the street, he locked his door upon his wife, that she might not speak with anybody; which, indeed, he ought not to have done: and hence sprang a difference between them, and she broke out into adulteries."   

I pronounce 'Ben Satda,' not that I am ignorant that it is called 'Ben Stada' by very learned men. The reason of our thus pronouncing it we fetch from hence, that we find he was called Ben Sutdah by the Jerusalem Talmudists; to which the word Satda more agrees than Stada. By the like agreement of sounds they call the same town both Magdala; and Mugdala; as we have observed elsewhere.   

As they contumeliously reflect upon the Lord Jesus under the name of Ben Satda; so there is a shrewd suspicion that, under the name of Mary Magdala; they also cast reproach upon Mary Magdalene. The title which they gave their Mary is so like this of ours, that you may with good reason doubt whether she was called Magdalene from the town Magdala; or from that word of the Talmudists, a plaiter of hair. We leave it to the learned to decide.   

[Joses.] Josi; a very usual name in the Talmudists: "Five were called Be R. Josi; Ismael, Lazar, Menahem, Chelpatha, Abdimus." Also, "R. Jose Ben R. Chaninah," etc. One may well inquire why this Mary is called the mother of 'James and Joses,' and not also of 'Judas and Simon,' as Mar 6:3.

Gill: Mat 27:56 - -- 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 ...

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. Isaac, מגדלאה, of "Magdala", or "Magdalene"; and the rather, because that Magdala was famous, or rather infamous, for whoredom; for which reason the Jews f say, it was destroyed: or else she was so called, because she was גדלת, a "tonstrix", or plaiter of women's hair, as the word signifies g; and so we often read of Mary, מגדלא שיער נשייא, "the plaiter of women's hair" h; by whom the Jews seem to design Mary, the mother of Jesus, whom they confound with this Mary Magdalene. Jerom says i, her name signifies "towered", or "fortified", because of her care and diligence, and the ardour of her faith; and "Migdal", in Hebrew, does signify a tower:

and Mary the mother of James and Joses: the same with the wife of Cleophas, and sister to Mary, the mother of Jesus: instead of Joses, the Vulgate Latin and Ethiopic versions read Joseph: יוסי "Jose", in Hebrew, is the same with "Joseph", the last letter being cut off; the Arabic version reads Mary, the mother of James, and the mother of Joses, Joh 19:25.

And the mother of Zebedee's children: that is, of James and John; her name was Salome, Mar 15:40.

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TSK Synopsis: Mat 27:1-66 - --1 Christ is delivered bound to Pilate.3 Judas hangs himself.19 Pilate, admonished of his wife,20 and being urged by the multitude, washes his hands, a...

MHCC: Mat 27:51-56 - --The rending of the veil signified that Christ, by his death, opened a way to God. We have an open way through Christ to the throne of grace, or mercy-...

Matthew Henry: Mat 27:50-56 - -- We have here, at length, an account of the death of Christ, and several remarkable passages that attended it. I. The manner how he breathed his la...

Barclay: Mat 27:51-56 - --This passage falls into three sections. (i) There is the story of the amazing things which happened as Jesus died. Whether or not we are meant to tak...

Constable: Mat 26:1--28:20 - --VII. The crucifixion and resurrection of the King chs. 26--28 The key phrase in Matthew's Gospel "And it came ab...

Constable: Mat 27:51-56 - --The immediate results of Jesus' death 27:51-56 (cf. Mark 15:38-41; Luke 23:45, 47-49) 27:51a The inner veil of the temple is undoubtedly in view here,...

College: Mat 27:1-66 - --MATTHEW 27 K. TRANSITION TO THE ROMAN AUTHORITIES (27:1-2) 1 Early in the morning, all the chief priests and the elders of the people came to the de...

McGarvey: Mat 27:45-56 - -- CXXXIII. THE CRUCIFIXION. Subdivision C. DARKNESS THREE HOURS. AFTER FOUR MORE SAYINGS, JESUS EXPIRES. STRANGE EVENTS ATTENDING HIS DEATH. aMATT. XXV...

Lapide: Mat 27:46-66 - --Ver. 46. And about the ninth hour Jesus cried with a loud voice, saying, Eli, Eli, lama Sabachthani? that is to say, My God, My God, why hast Thou for...

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