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According to the Gospel of John, Mary of Clopas ( Ancient Greek: Μαρία ἡ τοῦ Κλωπᾶ, María hē tou Clōpá) was one of the women present at the crucifixion of Jesus and bringing supplies for his funeral. The expression Mary of Clopas in the Greek text is ambiguous as to whether Mary was the daughter or wife of Clopas, but ...
Apr 28, 2017 · Alphaeus—identified in Matthew 10:3, Mark 3:18, Luke 6:15, and Acts 1:13 as the father of James—is thought to be the Aramaic form of the name. These connections are well supported by church tradition, dating as far back as the second century. If Cleopas’s wife, Mary, was in Jerusalem for Passover, it makes sense that she would have ...
Jan 19, 2022 · The third Mary at the cross is the most obscure. She is only mentioned once in the Gospel of John and only as the wife of Cleopas. Much of what we know comes from church tradition or inference…
At the death of Jesus, we are told that Mary wife of Cleophas/Clopas (Jn 19:25) was present. She was described as the mother of James and Joseph (Mt 27:56) in one account, and mother of James the Less and Joses in another (Mk 15:40). On the other hand, James is described as the son of Alphaeus in the synoptic Gospels' listing of the Apostles ...
Mary, The (Wife) Of Clopas. ( Μαρία ἡ τοῦ Κλωπᾶ, A. V. "of Cleophas"), described by John as standing by the cross of Jesus in company with his mother and Mary Magdalene ( Joh 19:25 ). The same group of women is described by Matthew as consisting of Mary Magdalene, and Mary [the mother] of James and Joses, and the mother of ...
Mary of CleophasSaint and Biblical woman . Name variations: Mary Cleophas; Mary, the wife of Clopas. Sister or close relative of Mary the Virgin ; children: possibly James of Jerusalem and Joseph (called the brothers of Jesus in Mark 6.3).Mary of Cleophas followed Jesus to Calvary, was present at his burial, and saw him after he had risen.
In this case Mary of Cleophas, or Alpheus, would be the sister-in-law of the Blessed Virgin, and the term “sister”, adelphe, in John, xix, 25, would cover this. But there are grave difficulties in the way of this identification of Alpheus and Cleophas. In the first place, St. Luke, who speaks of Cleophas (xxiv, 18), also speaks of Alpheus ...
