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Magdala
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In Sinaiticus and Vaticanus manuscripts (Matthew 15:39)" Magadan" is the reading. A town or region to which our Lord came after feeding the 4,000. "Dalmanutha" is in Mark's Gospel (Mark 8:10). The name Mary "Magdalene" shows there was a "Magdala" probably a later form of Migdol, "a tower." El Mejdel on the western border of the lake of Galilee, an hour's journey N. of Tiberius, now represents Magdala, and is about the position where our Lord is thought to have been after the miracle, it is near a beautiful plain and a hill rising about 400 ft., with overhanging limestone rock honeycombed with caves. The Jews used "Magdala" to denote a person with twisted or platted hair; a usage of women of loose character.
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Fausset, Andrew R. Entry for 'Magdala'. Fausset's Bible Dictionary. https://www.studylight.org/dictionaries/eng/fbd/m/magdala.html. 1949.
Fausset, Andrew R. Entry for 'Magdala'. Fausset's Bible Dictionary. https://www.studylight.org/dictionaries/eng/fbd/m/magdala.html. 1949.
