Mike, your serious question deserves a serious answer... often times an explanation of the Trinity uses "water" as an anology... steam is water, ice is water and a lake is water... all differnet, but yet the same "essence"... personally, I like this one:
"About 20 years ago, Dr. Harold Willmington (Liberty University) shared an analogy he had heard with his students, comparing the Trinity to a book. For example, a book has length, width, and thickness. The length is not the book’s width, the width is not the book’s thickness. These three dimensions can be described separately, yet they are connected together. If you remove one dimension, you are no longer describing a book. In the same way, the Godhead has three separate members that are connected together, and if you try to remove one you no longer have the Godhead..."
We all try to relate to the Godhead in human terms, but that's entirely insufficient...
Naomi, alist of those present include the following:
1. Mary Magdalene (mentioned by Matthew, Mark, and John)
2. Mary the mother of James and Joses (mentioned by Matthew and Mark)
3. The mother of Zebedee's sons (mentioned by Matthew)
4. Salome (mentioned by Mark) -- Many scholars think that this is the same person as (3), the mother of Zebedee's sons
5. Mary the mother of Jesus (mentioned by John)
6. Mary the wife of Clophas (who was probably Joseph's brother) (mentioned by John)
7. An un-named sister of Jesus' mother (mentioned by John) -- Many scholars think that this is the same person as (6), i.e., the wife of Clophas
8. The un-named Beloved Disciple (mentioned by John) (Source: Gospel Mysteries eBook)
The "Beloved Disciple" was probably the one to whom Yeshua commends his mother, however he is not mentioned in the other synoptic Gospels.
Also, in my personal opi