Salome A Woman of the Bible
Salome. As Jesus hung on the cross, and when the sixth hour was come, there was darkness over the whole land until the ninth hour.
And at the ninth hour Jesus cried with a loud voice, saying, Eloi, Eloi, lama sabachthani? which is, being interpreted, My God, my God, why hast thou forsaken me?
And some of them that stood by, when they heard it, said, Behold, he calls Elias. And one ran and filled a spunge full of vinegar, and put it on a reed, and gave him to drink, saying, Let alone; let us see whether Elias will come to take him down.
And Jesus cried with a loud voice, and gave up the ghost. And the veil of the temple was rent in twain from the top to the bottom.
And when the centurion, which stood over against him, saw that he so cried out, and gave up the ghost, he said, Truly this man was the Son of God.
There were also women looking on afar off: among whom was Mary Magdalene, and Mary the mother of James the less and of Joses, and Salome; (Mark 15)
She was the wife of Zebedee, and the mother of James and John, who was also the sister of Mary, the mother of Jesus. Salome was a follower of Jesus, she followed him when he was in Galilee and ministered to him.
Were you there when they crucified my Lord? the song writer asked; Many women were there afar off among whom was one Salome.
