Mark 15:40 (WEB)
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;
As quoted in the map (KJV)
Mark 15:40 (KJV)
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;
Key words
- Μαρία ἡ Ἰακώβου τοῦ μικροῦ καὶ Ἰωσῆτος μήτηρMaria hē Iakōbou tou mikrou kai Iōsētos mētēr · Greek
- 'Mary the mother of James the less and of Joses' — the same two names as the first two 'brothers' in Mark 6:3.
Why it matters
At the cross Mark names 'Mary the mother of James the less and of Joses.' Pitre calls this his strongest point: the two men Mark earlier listed first among Jesus' 'brothers' have a mother whom Mark identifies by their names, not as the mother of Jesus — a strange way to introduce the Lord's own mother. The brothers belong to another Mary, and so are kinsmen of Jesus, not sons of the Virgin.