⁵⁶内中 有 抹大拉 的马利亚 ，又有 雅各 和 约西 的母亲 马利亚 ，并有 西庇太 两个儿子 的母亲 。

⁵⁶Among which was Mary Magdalene, and Mary the mother of James and Joses, and the mother of Zebedee's children.

⁵⁶ Verse 56. Mary Magdalene] She probably had her name from

Magdala, a village or district in Lower Galilee. See Mt 15:39.

Some think she was called Magdalene from magdala, which

signifies a plaiter of hair. See Lightfoot.



Mary the mother of James] She was mother of him called James

the lesser, or junior, who was son of Alpheus or Cleopas-see

Mt 10:3; Mr 15:40; Joh 19:25; and she was sister to the holy

virgin. Thus it appears that there were four remarkable Marys

mentioned in the Gospels. 1. MARY the Virgin, wife of JOSEPH. 2.

MARY SALOME, her sister, wife of Cleopas, Joh 19:25. 3. MARY

MAGDALENE, or MARY of Magdala; and, 4. MARY, the sister of Martha

and Lazarus, Joh 11:1. Though Baronius asserts, and Lightfoot is

of the same opinion, that Mary Magdalene, and Mary, the sister of

Martha and Lazarus, was one and the same person. It is difficult

to ascertain and distinguish these women where their names occur

in the Gospels, so many being called by the name of Mary.



Joses] Several MSS. and versions read Joseph.