Atlas Biblica

    5 others in the registry answer to the name Mary. Every Mary in the Bible

    person

    Mary

    Μαρία

    Mary, the mother of Jesus and wife of Joseph, was a virgin when she conceived by the Holy Spirit.

    verses
    20
    first named
    Matthew 1:16
    last named
    Acts 1:14
    period
    the New Testament
    tribe
    Levi

    Description

    Who was Mary?

    In the words of STEPBible TIPNR:

    Mary, the mother of Jesus, was a young Jewish woman from Nazareth betrothed to Joseph, a descendant of David. She was likely a sister of Salome (see Jhn.19.25 and Gosple of Thomas but contra Diatessaron). Before their marriage, an angel appeared to Mary, announcing that she would conceive a child by the Holy Spirit and name Him Jesus. Mary humbly accepted this divine plan, and the virgin birth of Jesus fulfilled the prophecy of the Messiah (Mat.1.16, 18, 20; Luk.1.26-38). After Jesus' birth in Bethlehem, Mary and Joseph presented Him at the temple, where Simeon prophesied that a sword would pierce her soul (Luk.2.5, 16, 19, 34). Mary treasured these events in her heart. She and Joseph raised Jesus in Nazareth, and He was known as the son of Mary (Mat.13.55; Mrk.6.3). During Jesus' crucifixion, Mary stood near the cross with other women, including her sister, Mary the wife of Clopas, and Mary Magdalene (Mat.27.56, 61; Mrk.15.40, 47). After Jesus' resurrection, Mary was among the women who went to the tomb and later informed the disciples (Mat.28.1; Mrk.16.1; Luk.24.10). In the early church, Mary joined the disciples in prayer as they awaited the coming of the Holy Spirit (Act.1.14).

    Relations

    Direct connections

    Every entity the graph places in a stated relation with this one, grouped by the kind of link. Each relation is authored once and its inverse derived, so both ends always agree. Rows marked “registry” come from the identity spine rather than from a verse, and a row marked “which bearer is the source’s decision” is one where the name could have meant more than one person. The last group is not a relation at all — it counts the events two entities stand in together.

    How the graph connects Mary 10 of 19 entities the graph connects to Mary, in 2 groups: kinship 3, events 7. Kinship, company and ground are stated relations; events counts the acts two entities stand in together and is not a relation. Each mark is sized by how many verses name that entity and labelled with the link and the count, so the grouping and the size are both readable without colour. Distance from the centre carries nothing.JesusMother of · 7 events · 1,160 versesJosephPartner of · 4 events · 17 versesJamesMother of · 11 versesKinshipEgypt2 events · 649 versesPrayer1 event · 144 versesBethlehem2 events · 53 versesJudea1 event · 53 versesNazareth2 events · 30 versesApostles1 event · 18 versesMary Magdalene1 event · 14 versesEventsMary

    The 10 best-attested of 19 are drawn. All 19 are listed below.

    Associated with

    Child of

    Mother of

    Partner of

    Sibling of

    • Salomeregistry, no versewhich bearer is the source’s decision

    Stands in the same events as

    and 1 more, ordered by how many events they share.

    Places

    Where this happens

    The places the claims about this person reach, drawn where the gazetteer locates them. A point is where a row puts them and never where tradition does; no line joins two points, because the rows state where and not in what order.

    Where the story of Mary happens All 4 places the claims about Mary reach, on a map of the world the text moves through, framed to them: Bethlehem, Egypt, Judea, Nazareth. Each dot is a coordinate from the gazetteer, sized by how many rows put Mary there. The coastline is a modern one, simplified; no border, road or settlement of any period is drawn, and no line joins two points, because the rows state where and not in what order.BethlehemEgyptJudeaNazareth
    the New TestamentAll 4 places the claims about Mary reach

    The pattern

    Where Mary is named

    Every book of the corpus in the order it is read, each as wide as the chapters it holds. A bar is the verses of that book which write the name, and the flat stretches are as much of the answer as the bars.

    Where the name is written across the corpus. 20 verses across 4 of 66 books; 62 write the name nowhere. OLD TESTAMENT · 39 BOOKSNEW TESTAMENT · 27 BOOKSMATTHEW–LUKE19 VERSES39 books and 929 chapters with no mentionBOOK WIDTH = CHAPTER COUNT Where the name is written across the corpus. 20 verses across 4 of 66 books; 62 write the name nowhere. OT · 39 BOOKSNT · 27 BOOKSMATTHEW–LUKE19 VERSES39 books with no mentionBOOK WIDTH = CHAPTER COUNT
    Mary is named in 20 verses — occurrences of the name in the Hebrew or Greek, counted in the versification of the Berean Standard Bible (v5.7). Every book of the corpus is drawn, its width its share of the 1,189 chapters. 62 of the 66 books never write it. A verse that tells of this subject without writing the name is not counted here.

    Read it

    Where to read it

    Every verse of the text carried here that names this entity — 20, across 4 books.

    1. Matthew5 verses

      1:161:181:202:1113:55

    2. Mark2 verses

      6:315:47

    3. Luke12 verses

      1:271:301:341:381:391:411:461:562:52:162:192:34

    4. Acts1 verse

      1:14

    Onward

    Where this page goes

    Not the direct relations above — these are one hop further out, ranked so that a rare shared connection outweighs a common one. Descriptions by STEPBible TIPNR.

    via Elizabeth and wife of Helifather of ElizabethThe wife of Zechariah and mother of John the Baptist.via Joseph and JosesAlphaeusFather of apostles James and Matthew (Levi)via Jesus and JosesMaryWife of Cleopas (or 'Alphaeus'), present at Jesus' crucifixion.via Joseph and JesusDavidAnointed king of Israel, ancestor of Jesus Christvia ElizabethAaronMoses' brother, first high priest of Israelvia JosesJamesJames "the Less", son of Alphaeusvia ElizabethJohnThe Baptist, a prophet who prepared the way for Jesusvia JosesMatthewApostle, tax collector, author of the Gospel of Matthew.via ElizabethZechariahPriest, father of John the Baptist
    ElsewhereGenealogy of MaryEvery ancestor and every descendant the text names, both gospel lines where they differ.

    Where they appear

    Chapter by chapter

    Atlas's reading of each chapter this person appears in, in canonical order. One line per chapter, and each leads to the whole of it.

    Sources

    What this rests on