And Mary Magdalene and Mary the mother of Joses beheld where he was laid.
All Commentaries on Mark 15:47 Go To Mark 15
Jerome
AD 420
As the female sex through the Virgin Mary is not shut out from salvation, so it is not thrust away from the knowledge of the Mystery of the Cross, and of the Resurrection, through the widow Mary Magdalene, and the others, who were mothers.
It it interpreted, “taking down,” of which was Joseph, who came to take down the body of Christ from thecross.There follows: “Came and went in boldly unto Pilate, and craved the body of Jesus.”.
By the burial of Christ werise again, by His going down into hell we mount up into heaven; here is found the honey in the mouth of the dead lion.
