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Also called Magdalene

Mary Magdalene

Mentioned AD 31–33 traditional (Jones)

Mary Magdalene, i.e., Mary of Magdala, a town on the western shore of the Lake of Tiberias. She is for the first time noticed in Luke 8:3 as one of the women who “ministered to Christ of their substance.” Their motive was that of gratitude for deliverances he had wrought for them.

From Easton’s Bible Dictionary (1897).

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14 verses

Computed from the data. Years are traditional (Jones).

Family

Two generations up and the children. Gold lines join partners; grey lines run from parent to child; a dotted line marks a parent named in the text but not by descent.

Stories

3 events in which Mary takes part, in order of the traditional chronology. Years are traditional (Jones).

  1. AD 28Jesus' 2nd Tour of GalileeLuke 8:1-3
  2. AD 30Resurrection and AscensionMatt 28:1-20; Mark 16:1-20; Luke 24:1-53; John 20:1-31
  3. AD 30Crucifixion and BurialMatt 27:35-66; Mark 15:24-47; Luke 23:33-56; John 19:18-42

Timeline

The strip runs from Creation to AD 100; the shaded part, AD 6–58, is drawn below at a larger scale around these mentions. Years are traditional (Jones), shown as recorded, not as settled fact.

Mentions

14 tagged verses in 4 books. Select a book to read its verses.

  1. Matthew3
  2. Mark4
  3. Luke2
  4. John5

The name in each translation

TextOccurrences of each name
BSBMary 57Magdalene 12
KJVMary 54Magdalene 12
ASVMary 54Magdalene 12

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Every verse

All 14 tagged verses, by book, in canonical order. The Berean Standard Bible is shown; switch to the King James or American Standard Version.

Matthew3 verses
  1. 27:56

    Among them were Mary Magdalene, Mary the mother of James and Joseph, and the mother of Zebedee’s sons.

  2. 27:61

    Mary Magdalene and the other Mary were sitting there opposite the tomb.

  3. 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.

Mark4 verses
  1. 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.

  2. 15:47

    Mary Magdalene and Mary the mother of Joseph saw where His body was placed.

  3. 16:1

    When the Sabbath was over, Mary Magdalene, Mary the mother of James, and Salome bought spices so they could go and anoint the body of Jesus.

  4. 16:9

    Early on the first day of the week, after Jesus had risen, He appeared first to Mary Magdalene, from whom He had driven out seven demons.

Luke2 verses
  1. 8:2

    as well as some women who had been healed of evil spirits and infirmities: Mary called Magdalene, from whom seven demons had gone out,

  2. 24:10

    It was Mary Magdalene, Joanna, Mary the mother of James, and the other women with them who told this to the apostles.

John5 verses
  1. 19:25

    Near the cross of Jesus stood His mother and her sister, as well as Mary the wife of Clopas and Mary Magdalene.

  2. 20:1

    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.

  3. 20:11

    But Mary stood outside the tomb weeping. And as she wept, she bent down to look into the tomb,

  4. 20:16

    Jesus said to her, “Mary.” She turned and said to Him in Hebrew, “Rabboni!” (which means “Teacher”).

  5. 20:18

    Mary Magdalene went and announced to the disciples, “I have seen the Lord!” And she told them what He had said to her.

Easton’s Bible Dictionary

The full entry, public domain, as printed in 1897.

Mary Magdalene, i.e., Mary of Magdala, a town on the western shore of the Lake of Tiberias. She is for the first time noticed in Luke 8:3 as one of the women who “ministered to Christ of their substance.” Their motive was that of gratitude for deliverances he had wrought for them. Out of Mary were cast seven demons. Gratitude to her great Deliverer prompted her to become his follower. These women accompanied him also on his last journey to Jerusalem (Matt. 27:55; Mark 15:41; Luke 23:55). They stood near the cross. There Mary remained till all was over, and the body was taken down and laid in Joseph’s tomb. Again, in the earliest dawn of the first day of the week she, with Salome and Mary the mother of James (Matt. 28:1; Mark 16:2), came to the sepulchre, bringing with them sweet spices, that they might anoint the body of Jesus. They found the sepulchre empty, but saw the “vision of angels” (Matt. 28:5). She hastens to tell Peter and John, who were probably living together at this time (John 20:1, 2), and again immediately returns to the sepulchre. There she lingers thoughtfully, weeping at the door of the tomb. The risen Lord appears to her, but at first she knows him not. His utterance of her name “Mary” recalls her to consciousness, and she utters the joyful, reverent cry, “Rabboni.” She would fain cling to him, but he forbids her, saying, “Touch me not; for I am not yet ascended to my Father.” This is the last record regarding Mary of Magdala, who now returned to Jerusalem. The idea that this Mary was “the woman who was a sinner,” or that she was unchaste, is altogether groundless.