Jesus interacts with women quite a bit in the canonical New Testament. Every stage of Jesus' life involves women, and he has wonderful things to say about them. Jesus mentions women frequently in the New Testament, but there are three recurring themes: women as disciples, women as witnesses, and women who anointed Jesus.female disciples
Luke 8 begins, "Soon after, he moved on through one village after another, proclaiming and spreading the good news of the kingdom of God. The twelve were present, along with a number of women who had been delivered from demon possession and ailments, including Joanna, the wife of Herod's steward Chuza, Susanna, and Mary, known as Magdalene, from whom seven demons had been cast out. These women provided for them out of their own pockets.
Here, Jesus mentions a number of his followers who served alongside him in his ministry, including Susanna, Joanna, and Mary Magdalene.
Other locations where Jesus was a disciple mentioned women. "And pointing to his disciples, he added, "Here are my mother and my brothers!" (Matthew 12:49)" Because everyone who carries out the will of my heavenly Father is my brother, sister, and mother.
Everyone can become a follower of Jesus, according to his teaching on the subject.
Jesus' anointed by women
Two accounts of women anointing Jesus are found in the gospels.This incident only appears in Luke's gospel. "And a lady in the city who was a sinner, learning that he was eating in the Pharisee's house, brought an alabaster jar of ointment," the gospel author wrote.
After the women have anointed Jesus' feet, Jesus addresses Simon and shares a parable. He pardoned the woman's sins and then stated, "Your faith has saved you; go in peace," to the woman.
The women of Bethany's anointing
According to the gospels of Matthew, Mark, and John, Jesus is anointed at Bethany.
According to the gospel of John, Mary anointed and then cleaned the feet of Jesus with her hair as Martha attended to the meal. Judas Iscariot questioned why the perfume wasn't sold and given to the underprivileged after she had anointed him.
Leave her alone, Jesus said in response. She made the purchase in order to keep it for the day of my funeral. The underprivileged are constantly with you, but I am not always there.
female witnesses
The first people to see the risen Christ were women.
Mary Magdalene and "the other Mary" were instructed by a divine messenger to "not be terrified, for I know that you are looking for Jesus who was crucified." He is not present because, as he claimed, he was raised. Visit the location where he was found. Tell his disciples right away that he has been risen from the grave. The women encounter Jesus as they exit the tomb and he instructs them to notify their family members to travel to Galilee so they can see him there.
Luke's gospel includes a story like this.
The women who were with them, including Mary Magdalene, Joanna, Mary mother of Jacob/James, saw "two men in sparkling garments." These messengers went to the eleven apostles to inform them that the Son of Man had risen from the dead. But they didn't believe them because they seemed to them to be idle stories. In order to verify this, Peter visited the grave.
"Narratively, the women at the cross, burial, and empty tomb represent the fundamental link to the crucified and buried Jesus, whose tomb is empty," observed biblical scholar Barbara Reid. The ladies also serve as a link to Galilee, giving the disciples the foundation they need to recall what Jesus told them there.
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