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The Many Female Followers of Jesus

July 10, 2014 by Margaret Mowczko

I read Matthew 27:55-56 recently and saw something I had not noticed before. There were many female followers at Jesus’ crucifixion – many. I had previously imagined that only a few women had accompanied Jesus and made the trip all the way from Galilee to Jerusalem – usually a journey of several days.

These women had travelled to be with Jesus and to minister to him by taking care of his needs. From this group of many, Matthew identified just three of the women: Mary Magdalene, Mary the mother of James and Joseph, and the unnamed mother of the sons of Zebedee. Mark, in his parallel account, also lists just three women: Mary Magdalene, Mary the mother of James and Joseph, and Salome[1], but he adds that many other women from Galilee were near the cross with them (Mark 15:40-41 cf Mark 16:1).

Filed Under: General, Jesus and women, Women and the Bible, women in the new testament Tagged With: Bethany in the Bible, Joanna in the Bible, Mary and Martha in the bible, Mary in the bible, Mary Magdalene, Matthew 27, Salome in the bible, Susanna in the bible

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