The same Mary
I have read that Lazarus had two sisters Mary and Martha.I also read that this mary is the same person as mary Magdalene. Does anyone know if this is true?
shareIt is often quite ambiguous. Her Hebrew name would have been Merriam, Miriam or Myriam (just as Jesus was actually called Y'shua when he walked the earth - most Palestine Jews did not speak Greek). The names Mary and John are mentioned so many times in the New Testament, it is often difficult to know which one is being referenced. At times we could read the word "Mary" without realizing that is his mother being referenced. Was she rich, single, married, once demon-possessed, prostitute, of Magdala, etc.?
Hey did you know that the name Y'shua Bar-Abbas (the man Pilate released) can be translated as: Jesus, the son of the father?
So for all I have read, I am still asking the same questions you are asking.
Hey did you know that the name Y'shua Bar-Abbas (the man Pilate released) can be translated as: Jesus, the son of the father?
This is exactly correct. Pilate was using a play on words. There was always a huge controversy during Jesus' lifetime on whether his father was Joseph or if he was a bastard, one of the worst insults back then. (Of course we who believe know better; we know he was the Son of God, but most of the people back then didn't realize that...)
So what Pilate was asking them was "Who do you want: Y'shua, son of man (ie. bastard) or Y'shua, son of Papa?"
I've seen novelizations that show that Mirriam of Bethany and Mirriam of Magdala were the same woman but just because they were known by two different names, my guess is they weren't. share