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Jesuss ministry begins near the 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 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 demon ik possession. the woma...

>> once marys finished instructing, a full scale argument breaks out between mary and peter. >> did he prefer her to us? >> what do you think? that i made this up in my heart, that i am lying about the savior? >> in is clearly a fight between the disciples for supremacy, for who is going to be the chief disciple and who properly carries on jesus teachings and missions. >> peter might have felt that it was his rightful role to be the leader and it very well might have had to do with the fact he w...

After the resurrection? >> having a brand new text to tell us about mary magdalene and the relationship between mary and jesus is really, really, exciting for us. >> the gospel picks up her story after jesus has risen from the dead. >> peter, i have seen the lord. >> tell us the words of the savior, which you remember. what you know but we do not. you have heard them. >> what is hidden from you, i will proclaim to you. >> the key point is that mary is the instructor. shes the teacher and the rev...

>> 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 they have failed to do, many of the disciples, is to follow jesus at the most crucial moment of all, which is to the cross.

Struggling with people dying or ill, we can take comfort from mary magdalene and use her as our example, kind of ministry of presence. >> he may well have been abandoned by his closest male disciples, but mary magdalene is still there. >> thank god they were there to go through it with him. he wasnt alone in the end because of the bravery of these women. i think it must have brought him some comfort at the end. ♪ >> mary magdalenes deep love for jesus will go beyond his

Anoint his feet and touch him, touch him is the big thing, he cant possibly be a prophet or a messianic figure. hed never allow a person like this to touch him. >> to those present, its a shocking provocation. but whats perhaps even more surprising is how jesus responds. >> stop! ♪ >> the disciples are outraged. when jesus rebukes them, he says that, no, forgiveness is accessible to her, too. she brings ointment she uses on his feet and she cries. and then wipes his feet and dries them with he...

Jesus is resented by peter. >> once marys finished instructing, a full scale argument breaks out between mary and peter. >> did he prefer her to us? >> what do you think? that i made this up in my heart, that i am lying about the savior? >> in is clearly a fight between the disciples for supremacy, for who is going to be the chief disciple and who properly carries on jesus teachings and missions. >> peter might have felt that it was his rightful role to abouty the leader and it very well might h...

Jesus other followers. >> the gospel of thomas, like other sources suggest that marys role among the desiiscip was deeply resented by some of them, particularly peter. the way peter is described is irate and hotheaded and bad tempered, and somebody thats a difficult person. >> the lost gospel of thomas points to a surprising explanation for this tension between peter and mary. dr. lewis has come to the coptic museum in cairo to see these non-biblical gospels. >> theres one particular saying that...

Last folio which is in folio 51. can we see that one? there it is. beautiful. so when saying 114, we see a little argument, a dispute, a little scene unfolding. >> the gospel of thomas tells of an angry episode when peter says his resentment against mary. >> tell mary to leave us because shes a woman and not worthy of life, spiritual life. similar to the jewish tradition that women arent supposed to be taught tora. >> another lost gospel, that of phillip, suggests a different reason for peter an...

Authors than the new testament. they depict a growing tension between mary magdalene and jesuss other followers. >> the gospel of thomas like other sources suggests that marys role among the disciples was deeply resented by some of them, particularly peter. the way peter is described is irate and hot headed and badtempered, somebody thats a difficult person. >> the lost gospel of thomas points to a surprising explanation for this tension between peter and mary. doctor lewis has come to the copti...