Mary

Mary receives Gabriel's greeting with troubled bewilderment — a young, engaged virgin in an ordinary town, she's trying to make sense of an angelic salutation she never asked for.

Mary is Martha's sister who chooses to sit at Jesus' feet and listen rather than help with preparations — Jesus defends her choice as the one thing that truly matters.

Mary is heavily pregnant and making the difficult journey to Bethlehem with Joseph, about to give birth far from home with nowhere adequate to stay.

Mary the mother of James is listed here as one of the women whose eyewitness testimony about the empty tomb was dismissed as nonsense by the apostles.

Mary, Jesus' mother, has arrived with His brothers hoping to see Him — but the crowd blocks access, and the interruption becomes the occasion for Jesus' surprising statement about who His real family is.

Mary appears at the genealogy's conclusion as the one 'from whom Jesus was born' — a deliberate grammatical shift from the standard 'father of' formula that signals the virgin birth.

Mary is standing outside with Jesus's brothers, seeking to speak with Him — her presence becomes the occasion for Jesus to make His most expansive statement about spiritual family.

Mary is present here as Jesus' mother when the wise men arrive — her placement alongside the child in the house is the image that receives their gifts and worship, fulfilling the queen-mother dimension of the messianic scene.

Mary, identified here as the mother of James and Joseph, is one of the women keeping vigil at the crucifixion — a Galilean follower who had supported Jesus' ministry and now witnesses His death.

The other Mary accompanies Mary Magdalene on the early morning visit to the tomb, joining her as a co-witness to the angel's announcement and the earthquake.

Mary is identified here as the woman who anointed Jesus with costly perfume — her prior devotion to Jesus contextualizes why this family's crisis carries such personal weight.

Mary performs one of the most audacious acts of worship in the Gospels, pouring a year's wages worth of perfume on Jesus' feet and wiping them with her hair.

Mary, Jesus' mother, is standing at the foot of the cross here — present for her son's death, and about to receive a final act of care from Him even as He dies.

Mary notices the wine shortage and brings it directly to Jesus, then pivots to tell the servants to obey Him — demonstrating quiet, unshakeable confidence in her Son even before He's agreed to act.

Mary, Jesus' mother, is present in the upper room prayer gathering — one of the last appearances of her in the New Testament narrative.

Mary, mother of John Mark, is hosting the prayer gathering for Peter — her house is the nerve center of intercession while Peter is in prison.

Mary, the mother of James the younger and Joses, is among the faithful women keeping watch from afar — she is present through the crucifixion and will observe the tomb's location, a detail that matters for the resurrection account.

Mary, mother of James, is here as one of the faithful women who came to give Jesus a proper burial anointing, braving the early morning to honor Him in death.