A witness to the morning

Mary Magdalene

A named companion and supporter of Jesus’ ministry, and a witness in the resurrection accounts. Her story deserves to be heard in her own name.

Let the text introduce them.

Begin with Luke 8:1–3; John 20. Notice what the passage tells you, what it leaves unsaid, and what you may have brought to it from other retellings.

What question would you bring to this person’s story? Read slowly enough to notice a detail you have passed over before.

Sources: Luke 8:1–3; John 20. Images are imagined reconstructions. Where the biblical text gives few details, we preserve that uncertainty.