The Women refer to an unspecified number of female disciples who also followed Jesus, welcoming him into their homes, financing his ministry, learning from him as their rabbi, and teaching the Twelve through their acts of faithfulness. While the Women appear throughout the Gospels, they feature most prominently in the stories of Jesus’ Passion—his last meals, his arrest and trial, his death, and his resurrection—because when nearly everyone else abandoned Jesus in fear and disappointment, the women stuck around.
