Mark 15:40
Context15:40 There were also women, watching from a distance. Among them were Mary Magdalene, and Mary the mother of James the younger and of Joses, 1 and Salome.
Mark 16:1
ContextThe Resurrection
16:1 When the Sabbath was over, Mary Magdalene, Mary the mother of James, and Salome bought aromatic spices 2 so that they might go and anoint him.


[15:40] 1 sn In Matt 27:56 the name Joses is written as Joseph.
[16:1] 2 tn On this term see BDAG 140 s.v. ἄρωμα. The Jews did not practice embalming, so these materials were used to cover the stench of decay and slow decomposition.