John 19:25 - Wesley's Explanatory Notes

Bible Comments

His mother's sister — But we do not read she had any brother. She was her father's heir, and as such transmitted the right of the kingdom of David to Jesus: Mary, the wife of Cleopas — Called likewise Alpheus, the father, as Mary was the mother of James, and Joses, and Simon, and Judas.

John 19:25

25 Now there stood by the cross of Jesus his mother, and his mother's sister, Mary the wife of Cleophas,b and Mary Magdalene.