Mark this

Megan's presentation this morning on Margaret Fell reminded me of this icon: Mary Magdalene Announces the Resurrection.

"Mark this, ye despisers of the weakness of women, and look upon yourselves to be so wise: but Christ Jesus doth not so, for... when he met the women after he was risen, he said unto them, All hail... then said Jesus to them, Be not afraid, go tell my brethren.... Mark this, you that despise and oppose the message of the Lord God that he sends by women, what had become of the redemption of the whole body of mankind, if they had not believed the message that the Lord Jesus sent by these women, of and concerning his resurrection?"
-- Margaret Fell, Women's Speaking Justified, Proved and Allowed by the Scriptures (from Bizzell and Herzberg 754)