Mark 15:47 (WEB)
Mary Magdalene and Mary the mother of Joses, saw where he was laid.
Fathers and councils · 13
Augustine of Hippo
“This is given by Mark as follows: “And Mary Magdalene, and Mary the mother of Joseph, beheld where He was laid.”” — editor's note: Mark xv. 47.
Read the whole comment
Jerome
“And James is called the less to distinguish him from James the greater, who was the son of Zebedee, as Mark elsewhere states, “And Mary Magdalene and Mary the mother of Joses beheld where he was laid.” — editor's note: S. Mark xv. 47; xvi. 1.
Read the whole comment
Catena Aurea on Mark
- Glossa OrdinariaCatena Aurea on Mark
After the Passion and Death of Christ, the Evangelist relates His burial, saying, “And now when the even was come, because it was the preparation, that is, the day before the sabbath, Joseph of Arimathaea.”
Read the whole comment - BedeCatena Aurea on Mark
What is called “parasceue” in Greek, is in Latin “praeparatio”; by which name those Jews, who lived amongst Greeks, used to call the sixth day of the week, because on that day they used to prepare what was necessary…
Read the whole comment - JeromeCatena Aurea on Mark
It it interpreted, “taking down,” of which was Joseph, who came to take down the body of Christ from the cross. There follows: “Came and went in boldly unto Pilate, and craved the body of Jesus.”
Read the whole comment - Theophylact of OhridCatena Aurea on Mark
He was bold with a praiseworthy boldness; for he did not consider within himself, I shall fall from my rich estate, and I shall be expelled by the Jews, if I beg for the body of Him, who was condemned as a…
Read the whole comment - BedeCatena Aurea on Mark
But it was not an obscure person, nor a man of mean rank, who could come to the governor and obtain the body. There follows: “And he brought fine linen, and took Him down, and wrapped Him in the linen.”
Read the whole comment - Theophylact of OhridCatena Aurea on Mark
Burying the precious body preciously; for being a disciple of our Lord, he knew how greatly the Lord’s body ought to be honoured.
Read the whole comment - BedeCatena Aurea on Mark
By this however, according to a spiritual meaning, we may understand that the body of the Lord should not be wrapped in gold or gems, or silk, but in a clean linen cloth. Hence it became a custom in the Church that…
Read the whole comment - JeromeCatena Aurea on Mark
By the burial of Christ we rise again, by His going down into hell we mount up into heaven; here is found the honey in the mouth of the dead lion.
Read the whole comment - Theophylact of OhridCatena Aurea on Mark
Let us too imitate Joseph, taking to ourselves the body of Christ by Unity, and let us place it in a sepulchre, hewn out of the rock, that is, in a soul recollected, never forgetful of God; for this is a soul hewn…
Read the whole comment - BedeCatena Aurea on Mark
We read in Luke, that His acquaintances and the women who had followed Him stood afar off. When these then who were known to Jesus returned home after the burial of His body, the women alone, who were bound to Him…
Read the whole comment - JeromeCatena Aurea on Mark
These things also fit the Jewish people, which finally is believing, which is ennobled by faith to become the child of Abraham. It lays aside its despair, it waits for the kingdom of God, it goes in to the…
Read the whole comment
Cross-references · 1
Cited together in Jerome on Mark 15:42–47 (3) (Catena Aurea).