J. HASTINGs.
MARVELLOUS is an adverb in Wis 19%, ‘seeing thy marvellous strange wonders’ (θαυμαστὰ τέρατα, RV ‘strange marvels’). Cf. Ps 31%, Pr. Bk. ‘Thanks be to the Lord: for he hath showed me marvellous great kindness in a strong city’; and Ps 145° ‘Great is the Lord, and faervallods worthy to be praised’ (but mod. edd. wrongly print ‘ Great is the Lord, and marvellous, worthy to be praised’). Cf. also Jer 308 Coy. ‘ Yee all their faces are mar- vellous pale.’ Tindale uses ‘marvellously,’ as Mt 2 « When they sawe the starre, they were mar- velously glad.’ So also often in Shakespeare.
J. Hastincs. * « BC?L 1. 33, Syr.bel mg Memph. Eth., Origen @* Bas.
MARY
MARY (Heb. o> Miriam ; LXX and NT Μαριάμ or Mapla; Josephus Μαριάμμη or Mapidun or Mapi- duvn).*—The name, as Stanley says, probably owes its frequent recurrence in the narratives, alike of the Evangelists and of Sones: not to the memory of Miriam the sister of Moses, but to the sympathy felt for the beautiful Hasmonean prin- cess, the high-souled and ill-fated wife of Herod (Jewish Church, iii. 429). We find it used as follows in the NT—
Mary the mother of James, ae seek
ΟῚ 5 Ὁ MAY the altar of Martha. . Mary Magdalene. . Mary the mother of Mark, Mary saluted by St. Paul. Mary the mother of the Lord.
Bas ΞΈΞΕ:;-
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women were there beholding from afar, which had followed Jesus from Galilee, ministering unto him : among whom were Mary Magdalene, and Mary the mother t+ of James and Joses, and the mother of the sons of Zebedee.’ In vy." we are told that the same evening, after Joseph of Arimathza had buried the body in his own new tomb hewn out of the rock, ‘Mary Magdalene, and the other Mary (evidently the betore-mentioned mother of James), were sitting over against the sepulchre.’ Next day, ‘as the sabbath began to dawn towards the first day of the week,’ the other Mary again appears with Mary Magdalene (28'). It is to them that the angel at the sepulchre speaks words of com- fort after rolling away the stone, ‘Fear not ye: for I know that ye seek Jesus, which hath been crucified. He is not here; for he is risen, as he said. Come, see the place where the Lord lay. And go quickly, and tell his disciples.’ In fear and joy they ran to carry the message; and as they went, ‘Jesus met them, saying, All hail. And they came and took hold of his feet, and worshipped him. Then said Jesus unto them, Fear not: go tell my brethren that they depart into Galilee, and there shall they see me.’
Mark (152) gives some further details. Mary is called the mother of James the Little and Joses, and Salome is mentioned as one of her companions along with Mary Magdalene. In v.*she (now called M. ἡ "Iwofros) is watching where He was laid. In 16! ‘Mary of James’ is joined with Salome and the Magdalene, as buying spices and bringing them to the tomb at sunrise on the first day. As they go they wonder how they shall get the stone rolled away; but this is already done when they arrive, and they find in the tomb a young man in white
*It has been asserted that the form Μαριάμ is used ex- clusively for the Virgin, and Μαρία for the others; but, though the Hebraic form is in general used of the former (in the nominative), perhaps as being the more dignified, it is by no means confined to her, nor is the Hellenic form confined to the latter. Thus, where the Virgin is spoken of, WH read Μαρία with Codd. BD in Lk 319, and though they follow B in calling her Μαριάμε elsewhere, yet it is only in Lk 127 that this form has the support of all the MSS. In Mt 139 Μαρία is read by O, in Lk 138. 38.56 and 25 by D, in Lk 154- 38. 46 by both. On the other hand, the best text has Μαριάμ. of the - Magdalene in Mt 2781, Mk 1540, Jn 2016-15, and this reading has the support of C and L in several other passages. Μαριάμ isnot used of the mother of James in the best MSS, though C has it in Mt 2756 and Lk 381, Μαριάμε is used of the sister of Martha in the best text of Lk 1039. 42, Jn 112 20. 32 123,
In the other cases the Hebraic and Hellenic forms are used indiscriminately. Thus the best text has the acc. Μαρίαν of the Virgin in Mt 12 and of St. Paul’s friend in Ro 168, but Μαριάμ of the Virgin in Lk 216.34, of Martha’s sister in Jn 1119. 28. 81. 4, The gen. Μαρίας is the only form used as well of the Virgin as of Martha’s sister and the mother of Mark. The dat. Μαριάμ is used of the Virgin in Lk 25, Ac 114, but Μαρίᾳ of the Mag- dalene in ‘Mk’ 169, "
t Here and in Mk 1640 Syr, Sin. has ‘daughter’ instead οἱ ‘mother.’
raiment, who bids them not be amazed, but carry word to the disciples to meet the Lord in Galilee. ‘But they said nothing to any one; for they were afraid’ (ν.8).