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- Post-medieval scholars and translators often take the name 'Mary of Clopas' to mean Mary was the wife of Clopas, not his daughter. Mary is called the wife of Cleophas in the King James Version.
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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.
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).
This Mary is then identified with Mary the wife of Clopas mentioned in Jn 19:25. If this is so, Clopas and Alphaeus are one and the same person and it is pointed out that either name may be derived from the Aramaic name Chalphai (cf 1 Mac 11:70).
Clopas was the husband, or possibly the son or father, of one of the women who stood at the foot of the cross when Jesus was crucified (John 19:25). His wife’s name was Mary, and she was distinguished from Mary Magdalene and from Jesus’ mother.
Jul 11, 2017 · The name Alphaeus is the same as Clopas (same name, different dialect) but while it's perfectly reasonable to assume that James of Alphaeus is also a son of Mary of Clopas (John 19:25), James' mother is more often assumed to have been Salome Mark 16:1), who is then assumed to be the same as the mother of the sons of Zebedee, making James a ...
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.)
Is the same Mary wife of Clopas and of Alphaeus? It is possible if Clopas and Alphaeus are names of the same person or if there was a second marriage. An alternate possibility is suggested by the Arab., which renders John’s reference “Mary the daughter of Clopas” (E. Bishop, “Mary [of] Clopas and Her Father,” ET, 73/11 [1962], 339).
