Markus 15:40
Konteks15:40 There were also women, watching from a distance. Among them were Mary Magdalene, and Mary the mother of James the younger and of Joses, 1 and Salome.
Markus 16:1
KonteksThe Resurrection
16:1 When the Sabbath was over, Mary Magdalene, Mary the mother of James, and Salome bought aromatic spices 2 so that they might go and anoint him.
[15:40] 1 sn In Matt 27:56 the name Joses is written as Joseph.
[16:1] 2 tn On this term see BDAG 140 s.v. ἄρωμα. The Jews did not practice embalming, so these materials were used to cover the stench of decay and slow decomposition.
[16:1] sn Spices were used not to preserve the body, but as an act of love, and to mask the growing stench of a corpse.