APPENDIX 2
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Here is a list of all the references to Mary in the New Testament. Also included are mentions of other women called Mary in the gospels and Acts [in square brackets].
Luke 1.26–38
The Annunciation by Gabriel to Mary in Nazareth; Mary gives assent to her commission and reflects on the events
Luke 1.39–56
The Visitation of Mary to her relative Elizabeth in the hill country of Judea; this includes Mary’s famous hymn, the Magnificat
Matt. 1.16
Mary is included in Matthew’s genealogy as Joseph’s wife
Matt. 1.18–25
Joseph is disturbed by Mary’s pregnancy but is reassured by a dream in which he sees an angel; he takes her for his wife
Luke 2.1–5
Mary and Joseph, betrothed, travel to Bethlehem from Nazareth because of the census
Matt. 1.25; Luke 2.6–20
The birth of Jesus in Bethlehem (visited by shepherds in Luke)
Luke 2.21
Jesus is circumcised and named after eight days
Matt. 2.1–12
The visit of the magi to Bethlehem
Matt. 2.13–23
The flight to Egypt; the massacre of the infants; the return of Jesus’ family who now settle in Nazareth
Luke 2.22–38
The ritual in the Jerusalem Temple which comprises both the Purification of Mary and the Presentation of Jesus forty days after birth
Luke 2.40–52
Jesus grows to twelve years old and deserts his parents in Jerusalem at the Passover in order to teach; Mary is anxious but reflects on the events
John 2.1–12
Jesus’ ministry begins with the miracle of water and wine at the marriage of Cana, which is initiated by ‘the mother of Jesus’; after this, he stays with her, his brothers, and disciples in Capernaum for a few days
Mark 3.31–35; Matt. 12.46–50; Luke 8.19–21
The adult Jesus is approached by his mother and brothers, but he refers to his disciples and ‘those who do the will of God / hear the Word’ as his mother and brothers
Mark 6.1–6; Matt. 13.54–58; (Luke 4.16–30; John 6.41–51)
While Jesus is in Nazareth (near the Sea of Galilee in John), the local people identify him as the son of Mary (Mark) or of Joseph and Mary (Matthew) (or of Joseph – Luke and John)
Luke 11.27–28
Jesus says that it is not the body of his mother which is blessed, rather those who ‘hear the word of God and obey it’
[Luke 8.1–3]
[Jesus’ female followers include Mary Magdalene, Joanna the wife of Herod’s steward Chuza, and Susanna]
[Mark 14.3–9; Matt. 26.6–13; John 11.1–12.6; Luke 7.36–50 and 10.38–42]
[A woman anoints Jesus at Bethany; she is unnamed in Mark and Matthew, but in John, she is Mary, the sister of Martha in the story of the raising of their brother Lazarus; these sisters and an anointing also appear in Luke but in very different contexts]
In John, ‘the mother of Jesus’ is at the cross with Mary (wife?) of Clopas, Mary Magdalene, and the disciple whom Jesus loved
John 19.25–27; [Mark 15.40–41; Matt. 27.55–56; Luke 23.49]
[In the synoptic gospels, women observe the crucifixion from far off and these include Mary Magdalene, ‘Mary mother of James and Joses’, and Salome (Mark) or the mother of the sons of Zebedee (Matthew)]
[Mary Magdalene and ‘Mary of James’ or ‘of Joses’ – ‘the other Mary’ in Matthew – are at the burial of Jesus, and then visit the empty tomb in the synoptic gospels with Salome (Mark) and Joanna (Luke)]
[Mark 15.46–47, 16.1–8; Matt. 27.59–61, 28.1–10; Luke 23.53–56, 24.1–10; John 20.1–18]
[In John, no women are mentioned at the burial and only Mary Magdalene of the women features in the tomb story]
Acts 1.14
Mary and Jesus’ brothers, his disciples, and ‘certain women’ pray between Ascension and Pentecost
[Acts 12.12–17]
[‘Mary mother of John whose other name was Mark’ has a house in Jerusalem where Peter goes after escaping prison]
[Rom. 16.6]
[Paul asks the Romans in his letter to ‘Greet Mary, who has worked very hard among you’]