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In order to convert. >> his epistles make up a third of the new testament. >> jesus said go and make disciples of all nations. that meant not just the jus. >> if i were james and i heard about paul, i would be hugely frustrated. paul never met the human jesus. here was james who was jesuss brother and this upstart was presuming to teach jesuss message and go out among the gentiles with this message? >> things fwot so bad that they had to have a conference to sort it out. >> 20 years after the ex...

People astray. >> it is what is right. >> i am not laughing at you! >> nor are you doing this by your will but rather it is by this that your god will be praised. >> the gospel of judas pictures the disciples as clueless. >> this image of the disciples and of judas is the key to unlocking the true meaning of the gospel of judas. >> the disciple, theyre accused of despicable acts. they are clearly the villains of this text. >> and the author drives the point home in a lurid dream sequence. >> the...

Of character. anyone who jesus had chosen as a disciple must have had something going for him. >> judas was the treasurer of jesus 12 disciples. he was the one jesus trusted with the money. >> jesus saw in judas the kind of man that he wanted to be his follower. we have to assume that theyre friends and that they have this close relationship. >> hes special. he has a key place. and yet somethings going to happen in judas thats going to lead him to fall away from jesus and to lose faith in jesus ...

Judas is not simply that jesus is betrayed by judas in his lifetime but that his teachings are being betrayed after his death. >> the author of the gospel of judas is angry, but hes not angry at the events that transpired in the first century between jesus and judas. hes angry at church leaders in the second century. >> the gospel of judas is critical of all the disciples of jesus, frankly. and these disciples are standing as kind of ciphers. theyre symbols of the orthodox church of the second c...

The world. >> this is a new gospel. it tells a new story of the last days of jesus christ. its a dialogue between jesus and judas. >> it is the only known copy of a text originally written in the second century a.d. the actual author of the gospel of judas remains unknown. >> its not the gospel according to judas. so all the other gospels that we have are always according to one disciple or the other. but this is not necessarily judas view. this is a text thats about judas. >> the gospel uses th...

Question. >> forgive us our sins, for we also forgive those who sind against us. >> the answer that comes back from jesus will prove one of the most famous moments in the new testament. >> jesus asks these disciples to tell john that hes doing all these things, its all about action. >> you met with him? what did he say? >> the good news is preached to the poor. >> the blind saved, im doing all of this stuff, john. so i am what you expected to happen. [ cheering ] >> as he languishes in his priso...

>> he apparently threatened officers. it was verbal, however we do not take that lightly. he was removed to disciplinary seg based on that. >> i never made no threat. if im going to do anything to anyone, im not going to threat. im not going to talk about. im going to do it. coming up -- >> i heard you are affiliated with the gangster of disciples. >> deangelo toomer meets with a gang investigator. >> he had a 37e, a medical emergency. >> william jarrett passes out.

Awaiting trial for a series of alleged armed robberies is, also from johns island. >> whats up? you doing all right? ive known his family for some time because weve been in school together from middle school through high school. by knowing his family, it helped in being able to talk and engage him in conversation. >> sergeant kitchings hopes that officer greenes relationship with gathers will provide insight into gathers role with the game called folk notion. >> folk nation is a set of gangs und...

The baptizing. in the gospels you see this trying to tackle this problem of jesus being baptized by john indicating jesus was in a subordinate position which was a problem for the early church. >> for all of the attempts by the gospel writers to reconcile johns status with that of jesus, what is certain is that ultimately it is jesus movement that survives and prospers. >> initially, it seems that john is a mentor figure to jesus. after all, hes baptizing jesus in the river jordan that has attra...

The world would be transformed. and theyre calling people really to start it in the here and now. >> in the wake of johns death, many of his followers turn to jesus as johns movement slowly declines. eclipsed by the new growing christian church whose message spreads across the world. >> johns disciples are still around long after the death of jesus. perhaps the biggest difference is that ultimately, in the early jesus movement, theres an appeal to gentiles and as soon as the gentiles are convert...