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Mary Magdalene or Mary of Magdala (original Greek Μαρία ἡ Μαγδαληνή) was one of Jesus’ most celebrated disciples, and the most important woman disciple in the movement of Jesus. She is said to have been the first person to see Jesus after he rose from the dead, according to John 20 and Mark 16:9, part of the so-called “Longer Ending” to that chapter.

Tradition has labeled her a prostitute, but there is nothing in the Bible to support this view and much to dispute it. According to Luke 8:2 and Mark 16:9, Jesus cleansed her of “seven demons”. Some contemporary scholars contend this concept means healing from illness. Some early major Christian writers, including Bede and Gregory, interpret the seven devils to signify that she was “full of all vices”….