Matthew 27:55,56

There were many women there. These devoted women were still faithful, when the disciples had fled [They may have felt less threatened by the Jewish leaders, because they were women.] Of the apostles, we know only that John was near [he shows himself an eyewitness]. Alford (Greek Testament) thinks there was another group of disciples within sight, but at a distance. Mary Magdalene. Spoken of here in Luke 8:2 (before the Resurrection). Mary the mother of James and Joseph. She was the wife of Clopas or Alphaeus (John 19:25). See note on Matthew 10:2-4. The mother of Zebedee's sons. Salome, "his (Jesus') mother's sister" (John 19:25). See note on Matthew 10:2-4. Mary, the mother of Jesus, was also at the cross, but Alford thinks she was led away by John (John 19:27).