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Mary Magdalene

Follower of Jesus from Galilee

6
Events
1
Places
3
Journeys

Editorial summary

Watched the crucifixion and saw where Jesus was laid. The Gospels name her among the first to find the tomb empty.

Scripture

Journeys

3

Where their story unfolds

1

Where they appear

6

  1. The empty tomb

    As the first day of the week began to dawn, Mary Magdalene and the other Mary came to see the tomb. Matthew tells of an earthquake and an angel who rolled away the stone and told them Jesus had risen. Mark, Luke and John describe the morning differently; in John, Jesus appears to Mary Magdalene.

  2. Jesus meets the women

    Leaving the tomb with fear and great joy, Mary Magdalene and the other Mary ran to tell the disciples. Jesus met them on the way; they took hold of his feet and worshiped him, and he told them to tell his brothers to go to Galilee, where they would see him.

  3. The crucifixion

    Jesus was crucified at Golgotha between two others, beneath a written charge naming him King of the Jews. Darkness covered the land from the sixth hour to the ninth, when he cried out with a loud voice and died.

  4. The women report the empty tomb

    At dawn the women found the stone rolled away and the body gone, and two men in dazzling clothing told them he had risen. Mary Magdalene, Joanna, Mary the mother of James and others told the apostles, who did not believe them. Peter ran to the tomb and saw the linen strips lying by themselves.

  5. Jesus’ mother at the cross

    Standing by the cross were Jesus’ mother, his mother’s sister, Mary the wife of Clopas, and Mary Magdalene. Seeing his mother and the disciple whom he loved, Jesus told her that the disciple was her son, and told the disciple that she was his mother; from that hour the disciple took her into his home.

  6. Jesus appears to Mary Magdalene

    Mary Magdalene stood weeping outside the tomb and saw two angels where the body had lain. Turning, she saw Jesus but took him for the gardener until he called her by name. He sent her to his brothers, and she told the disciples that she had seen the Lord.

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