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The gospels of the New Testament, written toward the last quarter of the first century AD, often mention Jesus speaking to women publicly and openly against the social norms of the time. [7] From the beginning, Jewish women disciples, including Mary Magdalene , Joanna , Susanna , and Salome had accompanied Jesus during his ministry and ...
Scholarly discussions of Victorian women's sexual promiscuity was embodied in legislation (Contagious Diseases Acts) and medical discourse and institutions (London Lock Hospital and Asylum). [7] The rights and privileges of Victorian women were limited, and both single and married women had to live with heterogeneous hardships and disadvantages.
Women at the cross: Matthew 27:55–56 many women ... who had followed Jesus from Galilee, ministering to him, among whom were Mary Magdalene and Mary the mother of James and Joseph and the mother of the sons of Zebedee Mark 15:40 women ... among whom were Mary Magdalene, and Mary the mother of James the younger and of Joses, and Salome Luke 23:49
List of minor Old Testament figures, A–K; List of minor Old Testament figures, L–Z; List of minor New Testament figures; List of biblical places; List of animals in the Bible; List of plants in the Bible; List of women in the Bible; List of names for the biblical nameless; List of modern names for biblical place names
Inez Knight Allen one of the first single women to be a missionary in the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints Eliza R. Snow second president of the Relief Society and renowned poet Amanda Barnes Smith helped organize the Relief Society and Sunday School in Salt Lake City
Joanna – One of the women who went to prepare Jesus' body for burial. Luke [90] Jochebed – Mother of Moses, Aaron, and Miriam. Exodus, Numbers [91] [92] Judith – Hittite wife of Esau. Genesis [93] Judith, the heroine of the deuterocanonical Book of Judith [94] Julia – Minor character in the new testament Romans [95]
Luke 1:31 states: "... bring forth a son, and shalt call his name JESUS." [11] In the New Testament the name Jesus is given both in the Gospel of Luke and the Gospel of Matthew, and Emmanuel only in Matthew. In Luke 1:31 an angel tells Mary to name her child Jesus, and in Matthew 1:21 an angel tells Joseph to name the child Jesus.
The women followed Jesus during his earthly ministry in Galilee, providing for him and his followers out of their own means. [ b ] They remained faithful to him even during the most dangerous time of his arrest and execution, and not only stood by the cross, but accompanied him to his burial, noticing where the tomb was located.