Miriam of Magdala first meets Rabbi Yeshua in her hometown, thinking that he's just a special teache, but when he heals her of her affliction with grace, she decides to follow him on his traveling Ministry knowing that he is different. Yet, she often butts heads with another of his disciples, one who is convinced that Messiah is supposed to be a conquering King, sent to flush Rome out of Judah, and will resort to whatever means necessary to force Yeshua to become that. Miriam doesn't just sit by and let him do that. She tries to stop him, even at the risk of getting her name slandered.