Matthew 27 · Verse 61

Matthew 27:61

And there was Mary Magdalene, and the other Mary, sitting over against the sepulchre.
Matthew 27:61, King James Version

Matthew 27:61 in other translations

BSBMary Magdalene and the other Mary were sitting there opposite the tomb.
WEBMary Magdalene was there, and the other Mary, sitting opposite the tomb.
ASVAnd Mary Magdalene was there, and the other Mary, sitting over against the sepulchre.
YLTand there were there Mary the Magdalene, and the other Mary, sitting over-against the sepulchre.
DARBYBut Mary of Magdala was there, and the other Mary, sitting opposite the sepulchre.
BBEAnd Mary Magdalene was there, and the other Mary, seated by the place of the dead.
WebsterAnd there was Mary Magdalene, and the other Mary, sitting over against the sepulcher.

What does Matthew 27:61 mean?

Jamieson-Fausset-Brown
61. And there was Mary Magdalene, and the other Mary--"the mother of James and Joses," mentioned before (Mt 27:56). sitting over against the sepulchre--(See on Mr 16:1). The Sepulchre Guarded (Mt 27:62-66).

Robert Jamieson, A. R. Fausset & David Brown, 1871 · public domain

Adam Clarke's Commentary
Verse 61 Mary Magdalene, and the other Mary - The mother of James and Joses, Mat 27:56. The mother of our Lord had probably, by this time, been taken home to the house of John. See Joh 19:26, Joh 19:27. Sitting over against the sepulchre - These holy women, filled with that love to their Lord which death cannot destroy, cleaved to him in life, and in death were not divided. They came to the grave to see the end, and overwhelmed with sorrow and anguish, sat down to mourn.

Adam Clarke, 1831 · public domain

Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on Matthew 27:57-61

In the burial of Christ was nothing of pomp or solemnity. As Christ had not a house of his own, wherein to lay his head, while he lived, so he had not a grave of his own, wherein to lay his body, when he was dead. Our Lord Jesus, who had no sin of his own, had no grave of his own. The Jews designed that he should have made his grave with the wicked, should have been buried with the thieves with whom he was…

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Matthew 27:61 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.

ἦνēnWasG1510
δὲdenowG1161
ἐκεῖekeithereG1563
ΜαριὰμMariamMaryG3137
ἡhē<the>G3588
ΜαγδαληνὴMagdalēnēMagdaleneG3094
καὶkaiandG2532
ἡhētheG3588
ἄλληallēotherG243
ΜαρίαMariaMaryG3137
καθήμεναιkathēmenaisittingG2521
ἀπέναντιapenantioppositeG561
τοῦtoutheG3588
τάφου.¶taphoutomb.G5028

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

Cross references for Matthew 27:61

  • Matthew 27:56

    Among which was Mary Magdalene, and Mary the mother of James and Joses, and the mother of Zebedee’s children.

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

Context

  • Matthew 27:60

    And laid it in his own new tomb, which he had hewn out in the rock: and he rolled a great stone to the door of the sepulchre, and departed.

  • Matthew 27:61

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

  • Matthew 27:62

    Now the next day, that followed the day of the preparation, the chief priests and Pharisees came together unto Pilate,

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Matthew 27:61 in other languages

Spanish
Reina-Valera 1909
Y estaban allí María Magdalena, y la otra María, sentadas delante del sepulcro.
French
Bible J.N. Darby 1885
Et Marie de Magdala et l’autre Marie étaient là, assises vis-à-vis du sépulcre.
German
Elberfelder 1871
Es waren aber daselbst Maria Magdalene und die andere Maria, die dem Grabe gegenüber saßen.
Latin
Clementine Vulgate
Erant autem ibi Maria Magdalene, et altera Maria, sedentes contra sepulchrum.