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

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

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

But Mary of Magdala was there, and the other Mary, sitting opposite the sepulchre.

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

Mary of Magdala and the other Mary were both present there, sitting opposite to the sepulchre.

And Mary Magdalene was there, and the other Mary, seated by the place of the dead.

Now Mary Magdalene and the other Mary were there, sitting opposite the sepulcher.

Mary of Magdala and the other Mary remained behind, sitting in front of the grave.

And Mary Magdalene, and the other Mary, were there. Matthew and Mark relate only that the women looked at what was done, and marked the place where the body was laid. But Luke states, at the same time, their resolution, which was, that they returned to the city, and prepared spices and ointments, that two days afterwards they might render due honor to the burial. Hence we learn that their minds were filled with a better odor, which the Lord breathed into his death, that he might bring them to his grave, and exalt them higher.

Mary Magdalene, and the other Mary - The mother of James and Joses, Matthew 27:56. The mother of our Lord had probably, by this time, been taken home to the house of John. See John 19:26, John 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.

And there was Mary Magdalene and the other Mary,.... The wife of Cleophas, and the mother of James and of Joses:
sitting over against the sepulchre; observing where the body of Christ was put, and how it was laid; for they intended to prepare spices and ointments to anoint it with; and were mourning for the death of Christ: for sitting was a mourning posture, which now they were allowed, the body being taken down from the cross, and interred by leave of the governor; for, for one that died as a malefactor, they might not use the outward signs of mourning: the canon is this (w); for such
"they do not mourn, but they grieve; and there is no grieving but in the heart:
hence these women before stood, John 19:25, but now they sat,
(w) Misn. Sarhedrin, c. 6. sect. 4.

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

The other Mary. The mother of James and Joses. These women saw where he was laid and returned there after the Sabbath with spices.