Matthew 27:61

61 Mary of Magdala and the other Mary were both present there, sitting opposite to the sepulchre.

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 So Joseph took the body and wrapped it in a clean sheet of fine linen.

60 He then laid it in his own new tomb which he had hewn in the solid rock, and after rolling a great stone against the door of the tomb he went home.

61 Mary of Magdala and the other Mary were both present there, sitting opposite to the sepulchre.

62 On the next day, the day after the Preparation, the High Priests and the Pharisees came in a body to Pilate.

63 "Sir," they said, "we recollect that during his lifetime that impostor pretended that after two days he was to rise to life again.