In Book 14, while in Simon’s house, a woman pours a jar of ointment on Jesus’s head, illustrating Jesus’s holy figure as the ointment is priced highly. Such action depicts Jesus as a god-like figure, as well as the power that rests within the woman in which she chooses to praise Jesus. While applying ointment on Jesus, the woman recognizes and legitimizes Jesus’s special existence, which is extremely important in Jesus’s life, since he is indicated to be the Messiah. Furthermore, in Book 15, when Jesus is hanged on the crucifix, “there were also women looking on from a distance...These used to follow him and provided for him when he was in Galilee.” (Mark, 5.40-41) At this instance, the faith that the women has for Jesus reveals their respects toward him, and the fact that the author focuses on having only women in the audience suggests that women withhold the persistence that men seem to lack. Moreover, in Book 16, when Jesus resurrects, “he appeared first to Mary Magdalene.” (Mark, 16.9) Such a detail is significant because Mary, after Jesus casts out the seven demons in her, becomes loyal and devoted to him; as a result, the fact that Mary is the first person Jesus chooses to see illustrates not only mutual respect between them, but also the power that women hold as Jesus’s supporters, in which he acknowledges it. Thus, through…