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The Entombment. Artist: Julius Schnorr von Carolsfeld. Engraver: A. Gaber, inscribed lower right. Source: Die Bibel in Bildern, Plate 217. Click on image to enlarge it.

There were also women looking on afar off: among whom was Mary Magdalene, and Mary the mother of James the less and of Joses, and Salome; (Who also, when he was in Galilee, followed him, and ministered unto him;) and many other women which came up with him unto Jerusalem. And now when the even was come, because it was the preparation, that is, the day before the sabbath. [John 19: 41-42; King James Bible; BibleHub suggests the following passages for comparison: Isaiah 53:9-12; Matthew 27:57-61; Luke 23:50-56; John 19:38-42.]

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Bibliography

Die Bibel in Bildern [Picture Bible] von Julius Schnorr von Carolsfeld. Leipzig: Georg Wigands, 1860. Hathi Digital Trust Library online version of a copy in the Getty Library. Web. 30 June 2016.


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