Hi, Mary Magdalene Here Trivia Quiz

Answer: Jesus

The correct answer is Jesus, sometimes called Jesus of Nazareth and other times, Jesus Christ. His original Hebrew and Aramaic name is "Yeshua", while "Jesus" is the Greek and English version.

I absolutely loved Jesus! He was my Lord, my Redeemer, my Savior, my healer, my Rabbi (Teacher), and my friend. After He delivered me from seven demons, I traveled with Him for about three years. I devoted my life to Him. I witnessed His trials, such as the one before Pilate, I witnessed them treating Him horribly, like spitting on Him, and I witnessed the terrible execution. My heart was broken! I know that Mary (His mother), Salome, Mary (the wife of Clopas), myself, and other women all wanted to scream, "Stop it! Leave Him alone!", but we felt hopeless. We couldn't stop it, so we just tried to comfort Him by being there, but we cried the whole time. I was devastated for three days, but then I found Him alive! Praise the Lord!

John the Baptist was a relative of Jesus and he baptized Him. I perhaps met him, but I was never really with him. I heard that Elizabeth, John the Baptist's mother, and Anna the Prophetess were both good women. However, with all due respect, they were elderly when Jesus was a baby, so they were probably dead by the time He grew up. I don't think I ever met them.

Answer: Mary, sister of Lazarus and Martha

According to John 12, Mary of Bethany, the sister of Lazarus and Martha, anointed Jesus's feet a few days before His crucifixion. The Gospels of Matthew and Mark include an anonymous woman in Bethany anointing Him a few days before His death. Although her name isn't included in Matthew and Mark, the town of Bethany is mentioned, so she was almost certainly Mary of Bethany. However, my name is never attached to this anointing, nor does the Bible say that Mary Magdalene and Mary of Bethany were the same woman. For the record, I originally came from Magdala, not Bethany, and then I left my hometown to follow Jesus. If I really was traveling with Jesus, then I should had been with Him when He visited Mary of Bethany, right? It's simple. I guess it wasn't that simple for centuries, though.

Pope Gregory the Great gave a sermon in 591 A.D., in which he said that I, Mary of Magdala, Mary of Bethany, and a prostitute who anointed Jesus's feet in Luke's Gospel, were all the same woman. This either caused or at least popularized the centuries-long-held ideas that I was a repentant prostitute and that I anointed Jesus before His crucifixion, when actually, the Gospels say that I came to His tomb to anoint Him after His death.

In 1961, the Roman Catholic Church changed their calendar, basically admitting that they believed that the pope was wrong and Mary Magdalene, Mary, the sister of Martha, and the nameless prostitute were three different women. The Eastern Orthodox Church and many Protestants never agreed with Pope Gregory's opinion to begin with.

Answer: False

No, I wasn't at His birth. To be honest, I don't remember when exactly I met Jesus, but I know that He was an adult. Jesus began His ministry when He was 30 and He was about 33 when He was murdered. I was with Him pretty early on in His ministry, so I guess He was 30 or younger (but just how young, I don't know) when He found me and delivered me from demonic-possession.

I wasn't at Christ's birth (Christmas scene), but I was part of the Passion or Good Friday scene and also the Resurrection Sunday or Easter scene. I really wish I was there when He was born, though! I would had been so happy!

Answer: Legion, victim of demonic-possession

The idea that I was a prostitute came from identifying me as the sinful, but repentant, woman who anointed the Lord's feet in Luke 7:36-50. The woman was called a big sinner and Simon the Pharisee was disgusted by her. Even Jesus said she had many sins, which might suggest that the sin was habitual, like prostitution. But whoever or whatever this sinner was, my name is never attached to her, and Biblically, I was demon-possessed, not a prostitute or other sexual sinner.

See Luke 8 for details about both Legion and myself. Legion was a demon-possessed man, who behaved like a maniac. He was literally insane, because of the evil spirits. I was probably very similar to this lunatic before Jesus found me, and you see, this is why I loved Jesus so much and wanted to cling to Him. Jesus saved my life. As Lizz Curtis Higgs said in her book "Unveiling Mary Magdalene": "Mary Magdalene wasn't a bad girl. She was a mad girl."

Answer: Martha

Luke 8:1-3 New American Standard Bible (NASB)
Ministering Women:
"Soon afterwards, He began going around from one city and village to another, proclaiming and preaching the kingdom of God. The twelve were with Him, and also some women who had been healed of evil spirits and sicknesses: Mary who was called Magdalene, from whom seven demons had gone out, and Joanna the wife of Chuza, Herod's steward, and Susanna, and many others who were contributing to their support out of their private means."

Mark 15:40-41
"There were also some women looking on from a distance, among whom were Mary Magdalene, and Mary the mother of James the the Less and Joses, and Salome. When He was in Galilee, they used to follow Him and minister to Him; and there were many other women who came up with Him to Jerusalem."

Ceduh's notes and opinions: Salome was Zebedee's wife and the mother of James and John. Mary, the mother of James and Joseph is often considered to be the wife of Clopas or Alphaeus, but it's also possible that she was Christ's own mother; therefore the mother of His brothers, James and Joseph. Regardless of whether Christ's brothers were His mother's biological children or not, the fact that Mary, the mother of James was called a woman who followed Jesus rather than His mother, it probably indicates that she was separate from His mother. James, Joseph, Simon, and Judas, the names of His brothers, were all very common names then.

Martha and her sister Mary probably stayed in Bethany most of the time, but Mary Magdalene was constantly on the move, traveling with Jesus and the disciples.

Answer: After the Sabbath

Mark 16:1, NASB:
"When the Sabbath was over, Mary Magdalene, and Mary the mother of James, and Salome, bought spices, so that they might come and anoint Him."

The Jewish Sabbath technically begins Friday at sunset and ends Saturday at sunset. We bought the spices after the Sabbath, on Saturday night, and then we went to His tomb on early Sunday morning, with the intention to actually anoint Him.

We couldn't purchase anything on the Sabbath, because that would violate it. Palm Sunday celebrates the day that Jesus rode to Jerusalem on a donkey. He wasn't dead at that point, so there was no need for burial spices.

Answer: Thomas Aquinas

Thomas Aquinas was a Catholic priest who lived from 1225-1274. He gave me the title "The Apostle to the Apostles" based upon my conversation with the risen Lord in John 20. An apostle is one who is sent out on a mission. Jesus told me to go find the disciples or apostles (Peter, John, etc.) and tell them that He was resurrected and that He would be ascending to His Father. Although Jesus might have implied the concept, He didn't use the words "Apostle to the Apostles".

"Jesus is the answer" is a popular Christian expression and Ceduh couldn't help but include it as a choice. Andrae Crouch also has a song titled "Jesus is the Answer".

Answer: John and Mark

Matthew names me and "the other Mary" [Ceduh's note: the other Mary was probably either the mother of Jesus or the mother of James, son of Alphaeus.] Mark names me, Mary, the mother of James, and Salome. Luke names me, Joanna, and Mary, the mother of James. John only names me, but he does quote me as saying "... we do not know where they have laid Him" (John 20:2), thus implying the presence of other women. The fact that the lists of women aren't identical doesn't mean much, because the Gospels already made it clear that many women followed Jesus. In addition, even though the lists aren't identical, they ARE similar.

John and Mark both mention that I, Mary Magdalene, was the first to see Jesus. What happened was that we women originally went to the tomb together, but the others ran away after angels told them that Jesus was no longer in the tomb. Some of them were scared and didn't say anything (Mark 16), but other women did tell the disciples what they heard (Matthew 28 and Luke 24). I was left alone at the tomb and then I saw Jesus (John 20). Jesus eventually appeared to the other women, but it was after I initially saw Him.

Answer: False

This is false, but it certainly sounds like something I could say or have said! Nonetheless, the quoted verse is actually Job 19:25, and Job is the one who said it. Ironically, John 19:25 is the verse that states I stood next to Christ's cross, along with His mother, and His aunt (and?) Mary, the wife of Clopas. John 20 discusses His resurrection.

Nicole C. Mullen wrote her song "Redeemer" inspired by Job, but part of its lyrics sound like they could refer to Mary Magdalene:

"I know that, I know that, I know that, I know that
I know my Redeemer lives
Because He lives I can face tomorrow
I know, I know, He lives, He lives, yeah, yeah
I spoke with Him this morning
He lives, He lives, the tomb is empty
He lives, He lives, I've gotta tell everybody, yeah"

Answer: Acts

See Acts 1. The eleven apostles, Peter, James and John, Andrew, Philip, Thomas, Bartholomew, Matthew, James (the son of Alphaeus), Simon the Zealot, and Judas (the son of James), were holding a prayer meeting, along with "the women" and Mary, the mother of Jesus, AND His brothers. This verse shows that His brothers, whether biological sons of Mary (as Protestants believe) or some other kind of relatives (as Catholics believe), were different from the original twelve disciples.

As for me, my name isn't mentioned in Acts 1, but I was one of Christ's female followers; His most devoted follower, in fact. I'm pretty sure I was there. Luke wrote both the Gospel of Luke and Acts. It's actually pretty common for him to refer to us as "the women", even in his Gospel. Yes, he named us occasionally, but a lot times he didn't.