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| | Mary Magdalene |
 | | She was the first person to whom he appeared after his resurrection (Mark xvi, 9; John xx, 1, 11-18) The common belief that she was a fallen woman is destitute of the slightest foundation. |
 | | On the contrary, the references to her as being in the company of such women as Joanna, the wife of Herod's steward, Salome, the mother of James and John, and Mary, the mother of Jesus (Luke viii, 3; Mark xvi, 40; John xix, 25), strongly discountenance such a supposition. |
 | | The demeanour of Mary, the sister of Lazarus, is, however, possibly not of a fallen and sinful though penitent woman but that of a pious and good one |
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