Luke 8:2-3 And certain women, which had been healed of evil spirits and infirmities, Mary called Magdalene, out of whom went seven devils,… This woman has "suffered much at the hand of many" commentators; preachers, painters, and poets, ancient and modern. It is high time to do something to remove the foul stain which has so long rested on her fair fame. In the various notices of her history in the Gospels she exhibits" a character as pure and as devoted from the very first as any in the Gospel pages — a character not displaying merely the reflex action of a repentant spirit, but the faith which worketh by love." She was — I. A GREAT SUFFERER HEALED BY CHRIST (Luke 8:2). II. A GREAT MINISTRANT TO CHRIST (Luke 8:2, 3; Mark 15:41). III. A FAITHFUL ADHERENT TO CHRIST. She follows Him to the last, and is one of the women who played such a prominent part in connection with the death, burial, and resurrection of the Saviour (Mark 15:40; John 19:25). IV. A SINCERE MOURNER FOR CHRIST (cf. Matthew 27:61; Mark 15:47; John 20:1, 2, 11-18). V. AN HONOURED MESSENGER OF CHRIST (John 20:17, 18; Mark 16:10). (T. S. Dickson, M. A.) Parallel Verses KJV: And certain women, which had been healed of evil spirits and infirmities, Mary called Magdalene, out of whom went seven devils, |
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