Was there a woman disciple in the Bible?

Female disciples The Gospels record that women were among Jesus’ earliest followers. Jewish women disciples, including Mary Magdalene, Joanna, and Susanna, had accompanied Jesus during his ministry and supported him out of their private means.

How many women disciples are in the Bible?

The passage adds: “The twelve were with him, and also some women who had been cured of evil spirits and diseases: Mary, called Magdalene, from whom seven demons had come out; Joanna, the wife of Chuza, the manager of Herod’s household; Susanna; and many others.

Is Mary Magdalene the mother of Jesus?

John 19:25 lists Mary, mother of Jesus, her sister, Mary, wife of Clopas, and Mary Magdalene as witnesses to the crucifixion. Virtually all reputable historians agree that Jesus was crucified by the Romans under the orders of Pontius Pilate.

What if women had been among Jesus’ twelve disciples?

Aside from opening himself to charges of immorality if women had been among the twelve, I suspect a woman’s testimony about Jesus’ resurrection would have been given little credence. We know that the eleven disciples themselves thought the women were speaking nonsense when they came and told them that Jesus had been raised from the dead.

Did the disciples think the women were speaking nonsense?

We know that the eleven disciples themselves thought the women were speaking nonsense when they came and told them that Jesus had been raised from the dead. (Luke 24:11) God so loved the world… is a principle that transcends everything else.

Why doesn’t the Bible permit women to be church leaders?

Rather, the Bible doesn’t permit women to be leaders in the church because women already have so much power over men that it would be suicide to give women spiritual authority on top of that! And if, as Lincoln is purported to have said, “The Constitution is not a suicide pact,” then certainly neither is the Bible.

Did women stay with Jesus as he was crucified?

A group of women stayed with Jesus as he was crucified, even when all the men abandoned him: Some women were there, watching from a distance, including Mary Magdalene, Mary (the mother of James the younger and of Joseph), and Salome. They had been followers of Jesus and had cared for him while he was in Galilee.

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