Expositor's Bible Commentary Commentary Matthew 27:61

"And Mary Magdalene was there, and the other Mary, sitting over against the sepulchre." — Matthew 27:61 (ASV)

No mourning was permitted for those executed under Roman law. The women followed with broken but silent grief and watched the burial. That Jesus was actually buried became an integral part of Gospel proclamation (cf. 1 Corinthians 15:4)