luke refers to a number of people accompanying jesus and the twelve. from among them he names three women: "mary, called magdalene, ... and joanna the wife of herod's steward chuza, and susanna, and many others, who provided for them out of their resources" (luke 8:2-3). mary magdalene and joanna are among the women who went to prepare jesus' body in luke's account of the resurrection, and who later told the apostles and other disciples about the empty tomb and words of the "two men in dazzling clothes". mary magdalene is the most well-known of the disciples outside of the twelve. more is written in the gospels about her than the other female followers. there is also a large body of lore and literature covering her.