Quiz on Mary Magdalene (10 Questions and Answers)

Category: Adults · 10 questions

Discover Mary Magdalene, set free by Jesus, present at the cross and the first to see the risen Lord.

1. How many demons did Jesus drive out of Mary Magdalene?
   Answer: Seven
   Mary, called Magdalene, is the woman from whom seven demons had gone out (Luke 8:2).
2. What did these healed women do for Jesus and the twelve?
   Answer: They provided for them out of their means
   Mary, Joanna, Susanna and many others provided for Jesus and the twelve out of their means (Luke 8:2-3).
3. Who is Joanna, one of the women who followed Jesus?
   Answer: The wife of Chuza, Herod's household manager
   Joanna is introduced as the wife of Chuza, the household manager of Herod (Luke 8:3).
4. What did the women at the cross do when Jesus was in Galilee?
   Answer: They followed him and served him
   Mark notes that they followed him and ministered to him when he was in Galilee (Mark 15:40-41).
5. Who asks Pilate for the body of Jesus?
   Answer: Joseph of Arimathea
   Joseph of Arimathea, a respected member of the council, boldly asks Pilate for the body (Mark 15:43).
6. What do the women buy after the Sabbath to anoint Jesus?
   Answer: Spices
   Mary Magdalene, Mary and Salome buy spices so that they may go and anoint Jesus (Mark 16:1).
7. What do the women ask themselves on the way to the tomb?
   Answer: Who will roll away the stone for us?
   They wonder who will roll away the stone, yet it had already been rolled back (Mark 16:3-4).
8. To whom did the risen Jesus appear first?
   Answer: Mary Magdalene
   Jesus appeared first to Mary Magdalene, from whom he had cast out seven demons (Mark 16:9).
9. When does Mary Magdalene go to the tomb?
   Answer: Early, while it was still dark
   On the first day of the week she comes early, while it was still dark (John 20:1).
10. What does Mary see as she stoops to look into the tomb?
    Answer: Two angels in white
    She sees two angels in white, sitting where the body of Jesus had lain (John 20:11-12).