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This final fragment clarifies that it is, in fact, jesus and not judas who enters the cloud. >> but judas himself isnt the person that the author in the text is most interested in. >> regardless of whether judas was a good or bad character in this text, what most scholars would agree is that the gospel of judas is not really about the figure of judas. the disciples are the ones being criticized by the author. >> the real shock reveal of the gospel of judas is that none of the disciples are good....

Her, to finally feel free and cured and whole. >> jesus cleaned up her life, and she became absolutely devoted to him. ♪ >> maybe that mary had some kind of mental illness, perhaps it was depression. who knows? but whatever it was, her encounter with jesus was a life-changing one. >> following jesus intervention, she is one of several women who join him as followers. >> one of the things about jesus is that he has very inclusive group of disciples.

And to be eaten. >> but the gospel of mark tells that jesus body is wrapped in a fine linen cloth, brought by joseph of arimathea. the bible also reveals that joseph had help in burying jesus. another member of the jewish counsel, nicodemus. >> nicodemus, much like joseph of arimathea, was also a member of the sanhedrin, a prominent man in jewish society. >> its clear that not all the jews in jerusalem were behind jesus death for the simple reason that jesus was jewish, his followers and discipl...

There at the last supper, but the reason theyre not there is because jesus knows that hes about to be betrayed. this arresting, this seizing could be very violent, it could be very dangerous. >> following his betrayal by judas, jesus is arrested, tried and sentenced by pilot to be crucified. >> the men had fled because the men could have been arrested with jesus for insurrection as he was. they could have been crucified as well. >> jesus called the disciples to follow him. and the one thing that...

Group of disciples. its a very open kind of movement and included women who a lot of the time might have felt themselves somewhat marginalized. being with jesus gave them a sense of identity and self-worth in a way that they often didnt find in ordinary society. >> mary magdalene seems atypical for a jewish woman of her time. most jewish women in the galilee would have been in some kind of domestic setting, either as a daughter or a mother or a wife, but to be out in the wilderness with a itiner...

But mary has understood this and shes followed him to the cross. she succeeded where many of the male disciples have failed. >> how difficult it must have been for mary, the mother of jesus, mary magdalene, the last they saw jesus probably in the temple teaching in public, healthy, vibrant, alive. >> it says a lot about the commitment of mary and the other women and their dedication to jesus and their willingness to be with him in these tough moments. they do go to the crucifixion scene. ♪ >> ...

Failed to do, many of the disciples, is to follow jesus at the most crucial moment of all, which is to the cross. but mary has understood this and shes followed him to the cross. she succeeded where many of the male disciples have failed. >> how difficult it must have been for mary, the mother of jesus, mary magdalene, the last they saw jesus probably in the temple teaching in public, healthy, vibrant, alive. >> it says a lot about the commitment of mary and the other women and their dedication ...

Kissed mary magdalene. >> all places for there to be a hole its there. what did it say? that jesus kissed her often on the lips? or is it rather less racy? is it kiss her on the forehead or the feet? >> so if you happen to be a fan of dan brown and da vinci code, they quote from the gospel of phillip, jesus loved mary magdalene more than the other disciples and used to kiss her aump on the mouth or on the lips. when we actually see the manuscript, its just not that clear. >> there is no reliable...

According to the bible, jesus ministry begins near sea of galilee where he gathers his first disciples. >> here on the northwest shore of the sea of galilee is the area where the gospels most often locate activities, miracles, teachings of jesus. >> one of the coastal villages is magdala. was it here that jesus first met mary? >> mary magdalene means mary of magdala. she was from magdala which is just over the hill behind me. >> a woman in distress. what the gospel of luke calls a case of demoni...

♪ just days before he will die on the cross, jesus takes his followers into jerusalem for the jewish passover. on the night that judas will betray him, jesus invites his disciples to share a last supper. >> he has to have it in secret. its very important that he finish his last teaching and his last dinner before he is seized and arrested violently. >> mary magdalene, mary the mother of jesus, theyre not