Mary Magdalene and the other Mary were sitting there opposite the tomb.
61. And Mary Magdalene, and the other Mary, were there. Matthew and Mark relate only that the women looked at what was done, and marked the place where the body was laid. But Luke states, at the same time, their resolution, which was, that they returned to the city, and prepared spices and ointments, that two days afterwards they might render due honor to the burial.
Now the next day that followed the day of preparation,.... Which was the sabbath day; for the day of preparation was the day before the sabbath, Mar 15:42, in which they prepared every thing necessary for the sabbath, and therefore was so called: and as this introduces the account of the chief priests and Pharisees, making application to Pilate, to secure the sepulchre; and which...
And there was Mary Magdalene, and the other Mary--"the mother of James and Joses," mentioned before (Mat 27:56). sitting over against the sepulchre--(See on Mar 16:1). The Sepulchre Guarded (Mat 27:62-66).