There were also some women who were watching what was happening from a distance. Among them were
Mary from
[the town of] Magdala [on the western side of Gennesaret, whom Jesus had freed from seven demons, see ], Mary, mother of the younger James and
Joses [perhaps Jesus' mother, see , or the wife of Clopas, see ] and Salome
[mother of the disciples James and John, married to Zebedee, see .]