Saturday, August 3, 2019

Joanna, Mary, Salome


But on the first day of the week, at early dawn, they went to the tomb, taking the spices they had prepared. And they found the stone rolled away from the tomb, but when they went in they did not find the body of the Lord Jesus. While they were perplexed about this, behold, two men stood by them in dazzling apparel. And as they were frightened and bowed their faces to the ground, the men said to them, “Why do you seek the living among the dead? He is not here, but has risen. Remember how he told you, while he was still in Galilee, that the Son of Man must be delivered into the hands of sinful men and be crucified and on the third day rise.” And they remembered his words, and returning from the tomb they told all these things to the eleven and to all the rest. Now it was Mary Magdalene and Joanna and Mary the mother of James and the other women with them who told these things to the apostles -Luke 24:1-10

Bringing the myrrh, which was an embalming oil and symbol of death, completed the "bookends" of Jesus life along with the three wise men bringing myrrh at the epiphany.

Possible Myrrh-bearers
Mary Magdalene
Joanna, healed by Jesus, manager of Herad Antipas's Household
Salome (Mary), the mother of James and John, wife to Zebedee
Mary, the wife of Cleopas
Mary, Mother of Jesus
Mary of Bethany
Martha of Bethany
Susanna
Joseph of Arimathea
Nicodemus

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