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- The short answer is that Mary of Cleophas is probably the Blessed Virgin's sister-in-law. Mary of Cleophas may have had a previous husband named Alpheus, or this Alpheus may have been Cleophas.
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Mary of Clopas. In John 19:25, there is mention of "Mary the wife of Clopas." This has led to some ambiguity: It's unclear whether Clopas is the same person as Alphaeus, mentioned as the father of James the Less. Some traditions identify this Mary as the mother of James and Joses, while others consider her a separate individual.
The expression Mary of Clopas in the Greek text is ambiguous as to whether Mary was the daughter or wife of Clopas, but exegesis has commonly favoured the reading "wife of Clopas". Hegesippus identified Clopas as a brother of Joseph. [1]
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).
Jan 19, 2022 · If we go with the notion that the Marys were sisters-in-law, that would have made Mary, wife of Cleopas, also Jesus’aunt. If all that seems very confusing, here is a possible family tree:...
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.)
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.
Efforts to connect Clopas, and therefore Alphaeus and his sons, with the family of Jesus, are based on the inference that only three women are named in John 19:25 (cf. Mark 15:40 = Matt. 27:56). Mary the wife of Clopas must then be identified as the sister of Jesus' mother.
