>> mary magdalene means mary of magdala. was from magdala which is just over the hill behind me. >> a woman in distress. what the gospel of luke calls a case of demonic possession. the woman is mary. >> what we know about mary is that she's possessed by seven demons. this would have been a very personally traumatizing condition to have, and she hasn't been able to find any kind of respite from it until she meets jesus. >> according to the gospel traditions, the way that jesus dealt with specifically severe cases of demon possession is that he would get them to name themselves and then having named them, then demanding by name that they leave the person. ♪ ♪ >> it's difficult to imagine how profound that moment must be for her, to finally feel free and cured and whole. >> jesus cleaned up her life, and she became absolutely devoted to him. ♪ >> maybe that mary had some kind of mental illness, perhaps it was depression. who knows? but whatever it was, her encounter with jesus was a life-changing one. >> following jesus' interv

>> mary magdalene means mary of magdala.a which is just over the hill behind me. >> a woman in distress. what the gospel of luke calls a case of demon ik possession. the woman is mary. >> what we know about mary is she's possessed by seven demons. this would have been a traumatizing condition to have and she hasn't been able to find any kind of rest piet from it, until she meets jesus. >> according to the gospel traditions, the way that jesus dealt with specifically severe cases of demon possession is that he would get them to name themselves and then having named them, then demanding by name that they leave the person. ♪ >> it's difficult to imagine how profound that moment must be for her, to finally feel free and cured and whole. >> jesus cleaned up her life and she became absolutely devoted to him. ♪ >> maybe that mary had some kind of mental illness, perhaps it was depression. who knows. whatever it was, her encounter with jesus was a life changing one. >> following jesus's intervention, she is one of several women who

>> mary magdalene means mary of magdala.rom magdala which is just over the hill behind me. >> a woman in distress. what the gospel of luke calls a case of demonic possession. the woman is mary. >> what we know about mary is that she's possessed by seven demons. this would have been a very personally traumatizing condition to have, and she hasn't been able to find any kind of respite from it until she meets jesus. >> according to the gospel traditions, the way that jesus dealt with specifically severe cases of demon possession is that he would get them to name themselves and then having named them, then demanding by name that they leave the person. ♪ >> it's difficult to imagine how profound that moment must be for her, to finally feel free and cured and whole. >> jesus cleaned up her life, and she became absolutely devoted to him. ♪ >> maybe that mary had some kind of mental illness, perhaps it was depression. who knows? but whatever it was, her encounter with jesus was a life-changing one. >> following jesus' intervention,