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People of the Bible

Mary Magdalene

also called Magdalene

In the story

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  • Jesus' 2nd Tour of Galilee · 28 AD
  • Resurrection and Ascension · 30 AD
  • Crucifixion and Burial · 30 AD

Easton’s Bible Dictionary

A surname derived from Magdala, the place of her nativity, given to one of the Marys of the Gospels to distinguish her from the other Marys (Matt. 27:56, 61; 28:1, etc.). A mistaken notion has prevailed that this Mary was a woman of bad character, that she was the woman who is emphatically called “a sinner” (Luke 7:36-50).

From M. G. Easton, Illustrated Bible Dictionary (1893), in the public domain.

Named in 14 verses

Matthew
27:56, 27:61, 28:1
Mark
15:40, 15:47, 16:1, 16:9
Luke
8:2, 24:10
John
19:25, 20:1, 20:11, 20:16, 20:18

The family, dates and events on this page come from Theographic, a knowledge graph of the Bible by Robert Rouse, used and shared under CC BY-SA 4.0. It is a work in progress, and its dates follow one reconstruction of biblical chronology among several. The dictionary article above is separately in the public domain.