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MARY
, known as MARY MAGDALENE, a woman mentioned in the Gospels, first in See also:Luke viii
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2, as one of a See also:company who " healed of evil See also:spirits and infirmities ... ministered unto them (Jesus and the apostles) of their substance." It is said that seven demons were See also:cast out of her, but this need not imply simply one occasion
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Her name implies that she came from See also:Magdala (el-Mejdel, 3 M
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N.W. from See also:Tiberias: in Matt. xv
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39 the right See also:reading is not Magdala but Magadan)
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She went with Jesus on the last See also:journey to See also:Jerusalem, witnessed the Crucifixion, followed to the See also:burial, and returned to prepare spices
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