mary. >> so all those tantalizing theories about jesus and mary magdalene being lovers really jumped from this one passage, right? this is the juiciest stuff that we've got. this is ground zero for those conspiracy theories that there was some sort of relationship between jesus and mary magdalene. >> in the early christian communities, for the most part, the missionaries were missionary couples. so it makes sense that jesus himself could have been part of a missionary couple. >> as a first century jewish man, it would have been incredibly likely that jesus would have been married during his lifetime. >> this is high stakes stuff. so if jesus, the son of god, was married, maybe he had children. if he had that kind of an intimate relationship, people would want to know. and if he had children, that means there might be people wandering around today with sort of holy blood in them. >> there's one page in particular i'm very excited to