I like the possibility of her being identified with Mary the mother of James the less and Jose ( Mark 15:40) but again there is no proof.) For this reason I have left her out of my sermon outline. Any attempt to identify her with any exactitude is mere conjecture. (NB: Most commentators are divided as to the identity of Mary, the wife of Cleopas. In today’s reading there were some people who stood near the cross.ġ) Four Roman soldiers – they were there out of duty.Ģ) Four women and the apostle John – they were there because they loved Jesus: When Jesus was crucified I wonder how near the cross we would have stood? We sing that grand old hymn – “Jesus, keep me near the cross…there a precious fountain”, but how near the cross would we have been if we were there to witness Jesus’ crucifixion?
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