Matthew 27:61

61 Mary Magdalene and the other Mary were sitting there across from 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.

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FOOTNOTES:

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

Matthew 27:61 In-Context

59 Joseph took the body and wrapped it in a clean linen cloth.

60 He 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. Then he went away.

61 Mary Magdalene and the other Mary were sitting there across from the tomb.

62 The next day was the day after Preparation Day. The chief priests and the Pharisees went to Pilate.

63 "Sir," they said, "we remember something that liar said while he was still alive. He claimed, 'After three days I will rise again.'