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Mary Magdalene
Also known as Magdalene, Apostle to the apostles.
A follower of Jesus named in all four canonical Gospels as a witness of the crucifixion and the first witness of the resurrection, and a prominent figure in some extracanonical texts.
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Passages
- Luke 8:2 (central)
as well as some women who had been healed of evil spirits and infirmities: Mary called Magdalene, from whom seven demons had gone out,
- Mark 15:40
And there were also women watching from a distance. Among them were Mary Magdalene, Mary the mother of James the younger and of Joses, and Salome.
- John 20:1 (central)
Early on the first day of the week, while it was still dark, Mary Magdalene went to the tomb and saw that the stone had been removed from the entrance.
- John 20:18 (central)
Mary Magdalene went and announced to the disciples, “I have seen the Lord!” And she told them what He had said to her.
She announces 'I have seen the Lord'.
- Matthew 28:1
After the Sabbath, at dawn on the first day of the week, Mary Magdalene and the other Mary went to see the tomb.
Scripture quotations: Berean Standard Bible (BSB), public domain. Other translations, the Greek and Hebrew, and word study are in the reader.
What the text establishes, and what interpreters infer
Established by the text
- The canonical Gospels place her at the cross and the empty tomb; John 20 narrates her meeting the risen Jesus.
Inferred by interpreters
- Her identification with the sinful woman of Luke 7 and with Mary of Bethany — a later Western tradition, not stated in the Gospels.
- Whether the 'Mary' of the Gospel of Mary is Mary Magdalene (usually assumed, not stated in the surviving text).
An inference listed here may be well founded; it is listed separately because the passage alone does not state it.