Mary was born in the port town of Magdala on the sea of Galilee. She was a disciple and financial supporter of Jesus’ ministry, and one who had been delivered from demonic oppression through the healing ministry of Christ (Luke 8:2-3). We know precious little of her story, but we do know that she was brave enough, along with a few other women, on the Sunday morning after the Passover Sabbath that witnessed the crucifixion of Jesus, to make her way to his tomb in order to anoint his body with the ritual spices typical for a Jewish burial in her day. Jesus’ body had been hastily placed in the tomb that fateful Friday due to the approaching Sabbath, when the handling of a dead body would have been forbidden.