The painting The Three Marys at the Tomb by Mikołaj Haberschrack, 15th century
The Three Marys (also spelled Maries) are women mentioned in the canonical gospels' narratives of the crucifixion and resurrection of Jesus.[1][2] Mary was the most common name for Jewish women of the period.
Saint Anne and her daughters, the Three Marys, Jean Fouquet
The Gospels refer to several women named Mary. At various points of Christian history, some of these women have been identified with one another.[3]
Mary, mother of Jesus
Mary Magdalene
Mary of Jacob (mother of James the Less) (Matthew 27:56; Mark 15:40; Luke 24:10)
Mary of Clopas (John 19:25), sometimes identified with Mary of Jacob
Mary of Bethany (Luke 10:38–42, John 12:1–3), not mentioned in any Crucifixion or Resurrection.
Another woman who appears in the Crucifixion and Resurrection narratives is Salome, who, in some traditions, is referred to as Mary Salome and identified as being one of the Marys. Other women mentioned in the narratives are Joanna and the mother of the sons of Zebedee.
Different sets of three women have been referred to as the Three Marys:
Three Marys present at the crucifixion of Jesus;
Three Marys at the tomb of Jesus on Easter Sunday;
Three daughters of Saint Anne, all named Mary.
^Richard Bauckham, The Testimony of the Beloved Disciple (Baker Academic 2007 ISBN 978-0-80103485-5), p. 175
^Bart D. Ehrman, Peter, Paul, and Mary Magdalene (Osford University Press 2006 ISBN 978-0-19974113-7), p. 188
^Scott Hahn (editor), Catholic Bible Dictionary (Random House 2009 ISBN 978-0-38553008-8), pp. 583–84
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