seekeroftruth
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Mark 15:33 At noon, darkness came over the whole land until three in the afternoon. 34 And at three in the afternoon Jesus cried out in a loud voice, “Eloi, Eloi, lema sabachthani?” (which means “My God, my God, why have you forsaken me?”).
35 When some of those standing near heard this, they said, “Listen, he’s calling Elijah.”
36 Someone ran, filled a sponge with wine vinegar, put it on a staff, and offered it to Jesus to drink. “Now leave him alone. Let’s see if Elijah comes to take him down,” he said.
37 With a loud cry, Jesus breathed his last.
38 The curtain of the temple was torn in two from top to bottom. 39 And when the centurion, who stood there in front of Jesus, saw how he died, he said, “Surely this man was the Son of God!”
40 Some women were watching from a distance. Among them were Mary Magdalene, Mary the mother of James the younger and of Joseph, and Salome. 41 In Galilee these women had followed him and cared for his needs. Many other women who had come up with him to Jerusalem were also there.
OK... Let's look at the women who are identified here. According to verse 40, there were at least three women there.We know Mary Magdalene. She's the one that brought the perfume [nard] that got Judas and the others upset.
Then there's another Mary. She's "the mother of James the younger and of Joseph". James the younger and Joseph were two of the Apostles chosen by Jesus. They are not, IMHO, the two human brothers of Jesus. I always heard they were, but they are not. They are two of the disciples. Mary was their mother. Not Mary, mother of Jesus, but another Mary.
There was a girl named Salome. Now when I read her name, I instantly thought of Salome, Herod's stepdaughter. Wouldn't that be major! Salome at the Cross.... but alas, according to "Got Questions" site, this Salome was the mother of the Zebedee boys.
When Jesus died, there were still a few who thought there would be some kind of amazing Elijah siting. Of course, they missed the real Elijah siting at the Mount of Transfiguration. Elijah didn't come, but an earthquake sufficient to rip the Temple Curtain from top to bottom did come. There was a centurion there. He was the guy in charge of the troops in charge of the crucifixions and he would also be the guy who would have guarded the tomb. A troop of soldiers would have been responsible, and the centurion was like the sergeant or captain in today's lingo. He was either being governmentally ironic or he was converted by the way Jesus died. He might have also been making a statement about the eclipse and the quake!
When Jesus died, there were three women at the cross. Mary Magdelene was apparently wealthy enough to pour out really expensive perfume. Mary, the mother, was the mother of two of the disciples, not Jesus but two of the boys Jesus chose. Salome was the mother of the Zebedee boys, not the dancing whore who put the head of Jesus' cousin, John the Baptist, on a platter.
I think His mother, Mary, was there too.... but Mark doesn't seem to mention her. But then again, Mark was not an Apostle. he probably wasn't even there. He's just reporting the Mission in his Gospel. He knew the women and that's probably who gave him their versions of what happened.
Isn't it interesting that the only mother mentioned who came to Jesus about the "social status" of her boys when Jesus took the throne, was named Salome?!?
This is about Jesus and the women at the Cross.
