Men and women who held high positions in certain Jewish religious communities took on the names of particular ancestors according to their rank in the community. Wives of the Davidic male line took the name of Miriam (Mary). Jesus’s mother was therefore a Mary, and his wife would have been a Mary, too. There are several Biblical Marys, but we can now ask our questions about the two Marys involved in the two questions that follow.
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Who is the third Mary that was at the Crucifixion of Jesus? The Disciples only mention two being Mary Magdalene and Mary the mother of James and Joseph.
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