मअरय मअगदअलेने

Mary Magdalene was a follower of Jesus from the town of Magdala on the Sea of Galilee from whom Jesus had cast out seven demons (Luke 8:2). She was among the women who traveled with Jesus and his disciples and provided for them out of their resources. All four Gospels identify her as a witness to the crucifixion and as among the first to discover the empty tomb. The Gospel of John gives her the most prominent role in the resurrection narrative: she encountered the risen Jesus in the garden, initially mistaking him for the gardener, and was commissioned by him to announce his resurrection to the disciples (John 20:11–18), earning her the early Christian title 'apostle to the apostles.' She should not be conflated with the unnamed sinful woman of Luke 7 or with Mary of Bethany, though this identification was made by Pope Gregory I in 591 CE and long persisted in Western tradition.