Meaning of Mary the Magdalene | Babel Free

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Noun. [C1]

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“55 Now many Women were there beholding afar off, who had followed Jeſus from Galilee, miniſtring unto him. 56 Among whom was Mary the Magdalene, and Mary the Mother of James and Joſes, and the mother of Zebedee’s Sons.”

“In obedience to the Saviour’s word, Mary Magdalene came and told the disciples. A more exact rendering is found in the Revised Version, cometh and telleth, and, a yet more literal translation in the Bible Union Revision, Mary the Magdalene comes, bringing word to the disciples.”

“And is there one, like Mary the Magdalene, on whom the sorrow of bereavement or disappointment has told heavily: whose heart is bowed down greatly, not because of sin, for you feel that all that has been forgiven for His Name’s sake: not because of mysteries, for you are too simple to trouble yourself about mysteries; but because you have lost those whom you loved, and parted from those dearer to you than all on earth beside?”

“I was back at home. I was still me. But I was back to the real me now, the one who, like Mary the Magdalene, had wanted so desperately to do something meaningful with her life.”

“It seems that Simon [Magus] claimed to be Jesus reincarnated and, perhaps not coincidentally, Simon’s wife, Helena, like Mary the Magdalene, is described by the church fathers as a former prostitute. In other words, Simon and Helena seem to be carrying on the tradition established by Jesus and Mary the Magdalene, as described in Joseph and Aseneth.”

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