Mark 15:40

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KJV King James Version

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;

BSB Berean Standard Bible

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.

WEB World English Bible

There were also women watching from afar, among whom were both Mary Magdalene, and Mary the mother of James the less and of Joses, and Salome;

ASV American Standard Version

And there were also women beholding from afar: among whom were both Mary Magdalene, and Mary the mother of James the less and of Joses, and Salome;

YLT Young’s Literal Translation

And there were also women afar off beholding, among whom was also Mary the Magdalene, and Mary of James the less, and of Joses, and Salome,

Surrounding context — Mark 15

37 And Jesus cried with a loud voice, and gave up the ghost.

38 And the veil of the temple was rent in twain from the top to the bottom.

39 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.

40 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;

41 (Who also, when he was in Galilee, followed him, and ministered unto him;) and many other women which came up with him unto Jerusalem.

42 And now when the even was come, because it was the preparation, that is, the day before the sabbath,

43 Joseph of Arimathaea, an honourable counseller, which also waited for the kingdom of God, came, and went in boldly unto Pilate, and craved the body of Jesus.

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Matthew 27:55-56And many women were there beholding afar off, which followed Jesus from Galilee, ministering unto him:Luke 23:49And all his acquaintance, and the women that followed him from Galilee, stood afar off, beholding these things.Luke 8:2-3And certain women, which had been healed of evil spirits and infirmities, Mary called Magdalene, out of whom went seven devils,Matthew 28:1In the end of the sabbath, as it began to dawn toward the first [day] of the week, came Mary Magdalene and the other Mary to see the sepulchre.Mark 15:47And Mary Magdalene and Mary [the mother] of Joses beheld where he was laid.Matthew 27:61And there was Mary Magdalene, and the other Mary, sitting over against the sepulchre.Matthew 13:55Is not this the carpenter’s son? is not his mother called Mary? and his brethren, James, and Joses, and Simon, and Judas?Mark 16:9Now when [Jesus] was risen early the first [day] of the week, he appeared first to Mary Magdalene, out of whom he had cast seven devils.John 19:25-27Now there stood by the cross of Jesus his mother, and his mother’s sister, Mary the [wife] of Cleophas, and Mary Magdalene.1 Corinthians 9:5Have we not power to lead about a sister, a wife, as well as other apostles, and [as] the brethren of the Lord, and Cephas?Psalm 38:11My lovers and my friends stand aloof from my sore; and my kinsmen stand afar off.John 20:11-18But Mary stood without at the sepulchre weeping: and as she wept, she stooped down, [and looked] into the sepulchre,James 1:1James, a servant of God and of the Lord Jesus Christ, to the twelve tribes which are scattered abroad, greeting.Galatians 1:19But other of the apostles saw I none, save James the Lord’s brother.

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