Mark 15:47 - An Understandable Version (2005 edition)

⁴⁷ [Now] Mary from Magdala and Mary the mother of Joseph [See verse 40] saw where the body was laid.

More versions

King James Version (Oxford) 1769

⁴⁷ And Mary Magdalene and Mary the mother of Joses beheld where he was laid.

Amplified Bible - Classic Edition

⁴⁷ And Mary Magdalene and Mary [the mother] of Joses were [attentively] observing where He was laid.

American Standard Version (1901)

⁴⁷ And Mary Magdalene and Mary the mother of Joses beheld where he was laid.

Common English Bible

⁴⁷ Mary Magdalene and Mary the mother of Joses saw where he was buried.

Catholic Public Domain Version

⁴⁷ Now Mary Magdalene and Mary the mother of Joseph observed where he was laid.

Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version

⁴⁷ And Mary Magdalen, and Mary the mother of Joseph, beheld where he was laid.

Mark 15:47 Cross References

Matthew 27:56

Among them were Mary from Magdala; Mary, the mother of James and Joseph [i.e., probably the wife of Clopas. See John 19:25]; and the mother of James and John, the sons of Zebedee [i.e., Salome. Mark 15:40].

Matthew 27:61

Mary from Magdala and the other Mary [i.e., probably Jesus’ mother. See verse 56], stood near the grave site.

Matthew 28:1

Now as the Sabbath day ended and the first day of the week [i.e., Sunday] approached [Note: See Mark 16:1-2 for the exact timing], Mary from Magdala and the other Mary [i.e., Jesus’ mother. See Matt. 27:56] went to look at the grave site.

Mark 15:40

And there were also some women watching all this from a distance. Among them were Mary from Magdala; Mary the mother of the younger James and [his brother] Joseph [i.e., probably the wife of Clopas. See John 19:25]; and Salome [i.e., the mother of James and John and wife of Zebedee. See Matt. 27:56].

Mark 15:46

[Joseph then] brought a linen cloth, and after taking Jesus down from the cross, wrapped the linen cloth around His body and placed it in a grave site that had been cut out of [a ledge of] rock. Then he rolled a huge stone across the entrance to the cave.

Mark 16:1

Now when the Sabbath day was over [i.e., after sunset on Saturday evening], Mary from Magdala; Mary the mother of James [i.e., the “other Mary” of Matt. 28:1, who was probably Jesus’ mother. See Matt. 27:56]; and Salome [i.e., the mother of James and John and wife of Zebedee. See Matt. 27:56], bought spices [i.e., consisting of aloes and other aromatic perfumes] in order to apply them to His body [i.e., as a means of embalming].

Luke 23:55

The women who had accompanied Jesus from Galilee followed behind [those carrying the body] and saw where the grave site was and how His body was placed in it.