Matthew 27:61

61 Mary Magdalene and the other Mary were sitting there opposite the tomb.

Matthew 27:61 in Other Translations

KJV
61 And there was Mary Magdalene, and the other Mary, sitting over against the sepulchre.
ESV
61 Mary Magdalene and the other Mary were there, sitting opposite the tomb.
NLT
61 Both Mary Magdalene and the other Mary were sitting across from the tomb and watching.
MSG
61 But Mary Magdalene and the other Mary stayed, sitting in plain view of the tomb.
CSB
61 Mary Magdalene and the other Mary were seated there, facing the tomb.

Matthew 27:61 Meaning and Commentary

Matthew 27:61

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.


FOOTNOTES:

F23 Misn. Sarhedrin, c. 6. sect. 4.

Matthew 27:61 In-Context

59 Joseph took the body, wrapped it in a clean linen cloth,
60 and placed it in his own new tomb that he had cut out of the rock. He rolled a big stone in front of the entrance to the tomb and went away.
61 Mary Magdalene and the other Mary were sitting there opposite the tomb.
62 The next day, the one after Preparation Day, the chief priests and the Pharisees went to Pilate.
63 “Sir,” they said, “we remember that while he was still alive that deceiver said, ‘After three days I will rise again.’
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