Mark 15 · Verse 40

Mark 15:40

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;
Mark 15:40, King James Version

Mark 15:40 in other translations

BSBAnd there were also women watching from a distance. Among them were Mary Magdalene, Mary the mother of James the younger and of Joses, and Salome.
WEBThere 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;
ASVAnd there were also women beholding from afar: among whom were both Mary Magdalene, and Mary the mother of James the less and of Joses, and Salome;
YLTAnd there were also women afar off beholding, among whom was also Mary the Magdalene, and Mary of James the less, and of Joses, and Salome,
DARBYAnd there were women also looking on from afar off, among whom were both Mary of Magdala, and Mary the mother of James the less and of Joses, and Salome;
BBEAnd there were women watching from a distance: among them were Mary Magdalene, and Mary, the mother of James the less and of Joses, and Salome,
WebsterThere were also women looking on at a distance, among whom was Mary Magdalene, and Mary the mother of James the younger, and of Joses, and Salome;

What does Mark 15:40 mean?

Barnes' Notes
Verse 40.

(q) "afar off" Ps 38:11

Albert Barnes, 1834 · public domain

Adam Clarke's Commentary
Verse 40 Joses - Some MSS. and versions read Joset, others Joseph. See on Mat 27:56 (note).

Adam Clarke, 1831 · public domain

Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on Mark 15:33-41

There was a thick darkness over the land, from noon until three in the afternoon. The Jews were doing their utmost to extinguish the Sun of Righteousness. The darkness signified the cloud which the human soul of Christ was under, when he was making it an offering for sin. He did not complain that his disciples forsook him, but that his Father forsook him. In this especially he was made sin for us. When Paul was to…

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Mark 15:40 in the original Greek

Word-by-word with transliteration, English gloss and Strong's number. Tap a number for the full definition and every place the word is used.

ἦσανēsanThere wereG1510
δὲdethenG1161
καὶkaialsoG2532
γυναῖκεςgunaikeswomenG1135
ἀπὸapofromG575
μακρόθενmakrothenafar offG3113
θεωροῦσαιtheōrousailooking onG2334
ἐνenamongG1722
αἷςhaiswhomG3739
καὶkaialsoG2532
ΜαρίαMariaMaryG3137
ἡhē<the>G3588
ΜαγδαληνὴMagdalēnēMagdaleneG3094
καὶkaiandG2532
ΜαρίαMariaMaryG3137
ἡhētheG3588
ἸακώβουIakōbouof JamesG2385
τοῦtoutheG3588
μικροῦmikrouleastG3398
καὶkaiandG2532
ἸωσῆτοςIōsētosof JosesG2500
μήτηρmētērmotherG3384
καὶkaiandG2532
Σαλώμη,SalōmēSalome,G4539

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Cross references for Mark 15:40

  • Matthew 27:55-56

    And many women were there beholding afar off, which followed Jesus from Galilee, ministering unto him: Among which was Mary Magdalene, and Mary the mother of James and Joses, and the mother of Zebedee’s children.

  • Luke 23:49

    And all his acquaintance, and the women that followed him from Galilee, stood afar off, beholding these things.

  • Luke 8:2-3

    And certain women, which had been healed of evil spirits and infirmities, Mary called Magdalene, out of whom went seven devils, And Joanna the wife of Chuza Herod’s steward, and Susanna, and many others, which ministered unto him of their substance.

  • Mark 16:9

    Now when Jesus was risen early the first day of the week, he appeared first to Mary Magdalene, out of whom he had cast seven devils.

  • Mark 15:47-16:1

    And Mary Magdalene and Mary the mother of Joses beheld where he was laid. And when the sabbath was past, Mary Magdalene, and Mary the mother of James, and Salome, had bought sweet spices, that they might come and anoint him.

  • Matthew 27:61

    And there was Mary Magdalene, and the other Mary, sitting over against the sepulchre.

  • Matthew 13:55

    Is not this the carpenter’s son? is not his mother called Mary? and his brethren, James, and Joses, and Simon, and Judas?

  • Matthew 28:1

    In the end of the sabbath, as it began to dawn toward the first day of the week, came Mary Magdalene and the other Mary to see the sepulchre.

  • 1 Corinthians 9:5

    Have we not power to lead about a sister, a wife, as well as other apostles, and as the brethren of the Lord, and Cephas?

  • John 19:25-27

    Now there stood by the cross of Jesus his mother, and his mother’s sister, Mary the wife of Cleophas, and Mary Magdalene. When Jesus therefore saw his mother, and the disciple standing by, whom he loved, he saith unto his mother, Woman, behold thy son! Then saith he to the disciple, Behold thy mother! And from that hour that disciple took her unto his own home.

  • Psalms 38:11

    My lovers and my friends stand aloof from my sore; and my kinsmen stand afar off.

  • James 1:1

    James, a servant of God and of the Lord Jesus Christ, to the twelve tribes which are scattered abroad, greeting.

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Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
women.
Ps 38:11; Mt 27:55,56; Lu 23:49; Joh 19:25-27
Mary Magdalene.
16:9; Mt 28:1; Lu 8:2,3; Joh 20:11-18
Mary the.
47; 16:1; Mt 13:55; 27:55,61; Joh 19:25; 1Co 9:5; Ga 1:19; Jas 1:1
Salome.
16:1

Treasury of Scripture Knowledge (Samuel Bagster, c. 1836) · public domain

Context

  • Mark 15:39

    And when the centurion, which stood over against him, saw that he so cried out, and gave up the ghost, he said, Truly this man was the Son of God.

  • Mark 15:40

    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;

  • Mark 15:41

    (Who also, when he was in Galilee, followed him, and ministered unto him;) and many other women which came up with him unto Jerusalem.

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Mark 15:40 in other languages

Spanish
Reina-Valera 1909
Y también estaban algunas mujeres mirando de lejos; entre las cuales estaba María Magdalena, y María la madre de Jacobo el menor y de José, y Salomé;
French
Bible J.N. Darby 1885
Et il y avait aussi des femmes qui regardaient de loin, entre lesquelles étaient aussi Marie de Magdala, et Marie, la mère de Jacques le mineur et de Joses, et Salomé,
German
Elberfelder 1871
Es waren aber auch Weiber, die von ferne zusahen, unter welchen auch Maria Magdalene war und Maria, Jakobus des Kleinen und Joses Mutter, und Salome,
Latin
Clementine Vulgate
Erant autem et mulieres de longe aspicientes: inter quas erat Maria Magdalene, et Maria Jacobi minoris, et Joseph mater, et Salome: