They never got to speak to the resurrected Christ, but to a 'young man' ( Mark 16:5). Mary Magdalene and Mary of Joses spied where Jesus' body was laid ( 15:47) and after the Sabbath, Mary Magdalene, Mary of James, and Salome brought spices to the tomb ( 16:1). Mark names Mary Magdalene, and Mary 'of- James- Mikron-and-of-Joses-the-mother,' and Salome, and these were part of a much larger contingent of Galilean women ( 15:41). In Mark, the women don't stand under the cross or even anywhere near it but were 'looking on from a distance' ( 15:40). But the Magdalene already had her place among 'the women under the cross' (and see for an exhaustive discussion on this our article on the name Mary). When Mark wrote, Jesus still simply came from Nazareth ( Mark 1:9) and the nativity cycle hadn't demonstrably crystallized. When in the 50s AD Paul wrote, neither the Magdalene had been named nor the nativity story developed. In fact, the four crucifixion accounts vary so widely that sometimes even the internal continuity is abandoned for effect (most notably in the epithets of Mark's 'other' Mary), but the Magdalene is like a rock an obvious fixed point of reference upon which all gospels agree. The gospels were written in sequence and the Magdalene character clearly evolves over time but also stays remarkable stable. Noun Ч’Ч“Ч•ЧњЧ” ( gedulla) means greatness or great one. The very common adjectives Ч’Ч“Ч•Чњ ( gadol) and Ч’Ч“Ч•ЧњЧ” ( gadola) mean great.

Plural noun Ч’Ч“ЧњЧ™Чќ ( gedilim) refers to tassels or festoons made from twisted strands. Noun Ч’Ч“Чњ ( godel) means greatness or pride. Participle or adjective Ч’Ч“Чњ ( gadel) means a becoming great or growing up. Towers are buildings around which the greatness of a people forms and in which it becomes manifested. Over time they developed into central storage houses, banks and seats of government. Towers drew its people from wherever they might roam. A tower could carry a fire and from it folks trumpeted signals. From their tower people kept lookout over the community's territories, and launched offensives when the community was attacked.

It's the word for tower, and a tower is not only a big strong thing consisting of many bricks, it also formed the center of a community around which all houses and all activity unfolded. The noun ЧћЧ’Ч“Чњ ( migdal) or ЧћЧ’Ч“Ч•Чњ ( migdol) literally describes a place or agent for greatness. The verb Ч’Ч“Чњ ( gadel) means to become strong or great, particularly by combining many ordinary elements into a big strong strand or collection of some sort.

The testament of mary magdalene