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Jan 19, 2022 · According to church tradition, Cleopas was Joseph’s younger brother — yes, that Joseph — Mary’s husband. What gets even more intriguing is that Mary, Cleopas’ wife, seems to also be...
Jerome also identified James, the brother of Jesus, with the Apostle James, son of Alphaeus (James the less) and thus supposed that Mary of Clopas was married to Alphaeus (Clopas). [16] This view finds support in a fragment found in a medieval manuscript, which lists four Maries mentioned in the gospels and bears the inscription "Papia" on the ...
Cleophas is the brother of Joseph (Jesus' adopted father). It follows that Cleophas' wife Mary is the Virgin Mary's sister in law, which explains why they can have the same name and are called sisters. It also follows that James is Jesus' cousin.
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).
Clopas could be a brother of Mary, the mother of Jesus. It is more likely, however, that John intends to identify four separate women at the cross. Matthew and Mark both mention a “Mary the mother of James and Joseph” among the women who were at the cross (Matt 27:56; Mark 15:40).
Apr 28, 2017 · Some Bible scholars have suggested that Cleopas’s fellow traveler was his wife, Mary. (N. T. Wright, James Montgomery Boice, and Jim Cole-Rous, to name just three, believe this to be the most reasonable interpretation, and many others, such as Wayne Grudem, consider it a possibility.)
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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. Her feast day is April 9.
