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MATTHEW 27:61 — KING JAMES VERSION 0
Matt 27:60Matt 27:62
“And there was Mary Magdalene, and the other Mary, sitting over against the sepulchre.”
Mary Magdalene and the other Mary were there, sitting opposite the tomb. The women who watched the crucifixion from a distance are now sitting opposite the tomb — watching, waiting, witnessing. The two Marys' vigil at the tomb is the act of faithful presence that makes them the first witnesses of the resurrection.

Church Fathers on Matthew 27:61

When the Evangelist had finished the order of the Lord’s Passion and death, he treats of His burial.

Gloss (Glossa Ordinaria) · medieval compilation · non occ.

Arimathea is the same as Ramatha, the city of Helcana and Samuel, and is situated in the Chananitic country near Diospolis. This Joseph was a man of great dignity in respect of worldly station, but has the praise of much higher merit in God’s sight, seeing he is described as righteous. Indeed he that should have the burial of the Lord’s body ought to have been such, that he might be deserving of that office by righteous merit.

Remigius · 9th century

He is described as rich, not out of any ambition on the part of the writer to represent so noble and rich a man as Jesus' disciple, but to shew how he was able to obtain the body of Jesus from Pilate. For poor and unknown individuals would not have dared to approach Pilate, the representative of Roman power, and ask the body of a crucified malefactor.

Jerome · 4th century
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