#MeToo, 'Mary Magdalene' focus on women's stories in Bible as Easter nears

[MaryMagdaline]

42. She was at the grave

The men were hiding away once Jesus was arrested. Granted, it is possible that women were given a pass by the Romans and were overlooked as any actual threat to the peace (and therefore, somewhat safer for them to stay with him), but that does not change the fact that Mary, a non-relative, stood by him in a public manner. Peter’s denial of knowing Jesus goes down in history as ultimately a redemptive story, but it started with his cowardice. Mary never denied knowing him. Mary declared to the world that he had risen from the dead. THIS was a statement which would endanger her in the Roman colony. Jesus was crucified to put down a Jewish rebellion ... stories like this would endanger any Jesus follower.

Mary went on to preach the gospel, again, a courageous act by man or woman under the thumb of Roman rule.

If you believe the gospel of Mary Magdalene (I do)(as much as the others, anyway), Jesus and Mary had intellectual equality. Peter May have been the rock, but Mary was the brain.

There’s a reason I took her name for DU. her intelligence and bravery are inspiring. She, like Peter, Thomas, Paul, had her own followers in the early church.