Mark 15 · Verse 47

Mark 15:47

And Mary Magdalene and Mary the mother of Joses beheld where he was laid.
Mark 15:47, King James Version

Mark 15:47 in other translations

BSBMary Magdalene and Mary the mother of Joseph saw where His body was placed.
WEBMary Magdalene and Mary the mother of Joses, saw where he was laid.
ASVAnd Mary Magdalene and Mary the mother of Joses beheld where he was laid.
YLTand Mary the Magdalene, and Mary of Joses, were beholding where he is laid.
DARBYAnd Mary of Magdala and Mary the mother of Joses saw where he was put.
BBEAnd Mary Magdalene and Mary, the mother of Joses, saw where he was put.
WebsterAnd Mary Magdalene and Mary the mother of Joses, beheld where he was laid.

What does Mark 15:47 mean?

Barnes' Notes
Verse 47. Beheld where he was laid. The affection of these pious females never forsook them, in all the trials and sufferings of their Lord. With true love they followed him to the cross; they came as near to him as they were permitted to come, in his last moments; they followed him when taken down and laid in the tomb. The strong, the mighty, the youthful, had fled; but female love never forsook him, even in his deepest humiliation. This is the nature of true love. It is strongest in such scenes. While professed attachment will abound in prosperity, and live most in sunshine, it is only genuine love that will go into the dark shades of adversity, and flourish there. In scenes of poverty, want, affliction, and death, it shows its genuineness. That which lives there is genuine; that which turns away from such scenes is spurious.

Albert Barnes, 1834 · public domain

Adam Clarke's Commentary
Verse 47 Beheld where he was laid - The courage and affection of these holy women cannot be too much admired. The strength of the Lord is perfected in weakness; for here a timid man, and a few weak women, acknowledge Jesus in death, when the strong and the mighty utterly forsook him. Human strength and human weakness are only names in religion. The mightiest Man, in the hour of trial, can do nothing without the strength of God; and the weakest Woman can do all things, if Christ strengthen her. These truths are sufficiently exemplified in the case of Peter and all his brother disciples on the one hand; and Joseph of Arimathea and the two Marys on the other. And all this is recorded, equally to prevent both presumption and despair. Reader, let not these examples be produced before thee in vain.

Adam Clarke, 1831 · public domain

Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on Mark 15:42-47

We are here attending the burial of our Lord Jesus. Oh that we may by grace be planted in the likeness of it! Joseph of Arimathea was one who waited for the kingdom of God. Those who hope for a share in its privileges, must own Christ's cause, when it seems to be crushed. This man God raised up for his service. There was a special providence, that Pilate should be so strict in his inquiry, that there might be no…

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Mark 15:47 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.

ἡhē<the>G3588
δὲdeAndG1161
ΜαρίαMariaMaryG3137
ἡhē<the>G3588
ΜαγδαληνὴMagdalēnēMagdaleneG3094
καὶkaiandG2532
ΜαρίαMariaMaryG3137
ἡhēthe [mother]G3588
ἸωσῆτοςIōsētosof JosesG2500
ἐθεώρουνetheōrounwere watchingG2334
ποῦpouwhereG4226
τέθειται.¶tetheitaiHe has been laid.G5087

Source: STEPBible TAHOT/TAGNT (Tyndale House, CC BY 4.0).

Cross references for Mark 15:47

  • 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 16:1

    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.

  • Luke 23:55-24:2

    And the women also, which came with him from Galilee, followed after, and beheld the sepulchre, and how his body was laid. And they returned, and prepared spices and ointments; and rested the sabbath day according to the commandment. Now upon the first day of the week, very early in the morning, they came unto the sepulchre, bringing the spices which they had prepared, and certain others with them. And they found the stone rolled away from the sepulchre.

  • 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.

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Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
40; 16:1; Mt 27:61; 28:1; Lu 23:55,56; 24:1,2

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

Context

  • Mark 15:46

    And he bought fine linen, and took him down, and wrapped him in the linen, and laid him in a sepulchre which was hewn out of a rock, and rolled a stone unto the door of the sepulchre.

  • Mark 15:47

    And Mary Magdalene and Mary the mother of Joses beheld where he was laid.

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Mark 15:47 in other languages

Spanish
Reina-Valera 1909		Y María Magdalena, y María madre de José, miraban donde era puesto.
French
Bible J.N. Darby 1885		Et Marie de Magdala, et Marie, la mère de Joses, regardaient où on le mettait.
German
Elberfelder 1871		Aber Maria Magdalene und Maria, Joses Mutter, sahen zu, wo er hingelegt wurde.
Latin
Clementine Vulgate		Maria autem Magdalene et Maria Joseph aspiciebant ubi poneretur.