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Its not really the beginning, of course, because were missing the first few pages. >> could this extraordinary lost gospel throw light on the mystery of marys disappearance 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, what you remember. what yo...

Mother of jesus, theyre not 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 pontius pilate to be scourged and 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 t...

Magdalene and jesus and the other disciples and thats the last folio which is in folio 51. so can we see that? there it is. beautiful. so when saying 114, we see a little argument, a little dispute, a little scene unfolding. >> the gospel of thomas tells of an angry episode when peter vents 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 torah. >> another lost...

Worth of a day laborers wages. >> people who saw it were scandalized. they were shocked. >> none more so than the groups treasurer, judas. >> why was the ointment wasted in this way? >> leave her alone! >> jesus has been preaching this message about the poor and ministering to them and giving away your coat, and now all of a sudden, hes going to let this woman pour a huge amount of moneys worth of perfume on him. >> this ointment could have been sold for more than 300 denarii and given to the po...

Time. >> the message of the gospel of 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 1st century between jesus and judas. hes angry at church leaders in the 2nd 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 t...

>> we go in life through storms. all of us has a storm from time to time. it can be cancer, our marriage failing, storms with children, the lord jesus christ himself went through a storm on the sea of galilee when the waves went over the ship and the boat was about to sink and the disciples were afraid he was going to die. he rebuked the wind and the waves and it was calm. when you are in the boat with jesus, we do not have to worry. griff: we dont. weve got to leave it there. we have ran out of...

Jerusalem, the holy city. several days after jesus triumphant entry, he calls peter and all the apostles together for a meal. >> this is the cenacle, so called from the latin root for supper. this is actually a crusader church that was built on a 5th century tradition of this being the place of the last supper with jesus and his disciples. >> when jesus and his disciples meet for the last supper, theres a number of key events that have happened, open conflicts with the authorities, and the tensi...

You know that i love you. >> in the same way that peter denies knowing jesus three times before the crucifixion, so he recommits his life to jesus three times after the resurrection, committing to feeding the flock of the disciples, and ultimately being their leader. >> feed my sheep. >> "feed my sheep." its a beautiful, poignant moment of restoration. >> its the moment where peter is, once again, the rock. hes re-established as the rock who will be key in the early christian movement. >> peter ...

He probably was always aware that peter wasnt as grounded as peter himself thought he was. >> after the last supper, jesus leads his disciples out beyond jerusalems walls, to a place called gethsemane. its here where jesus is betrayed by judas. >> jesus of nazareth! >> peter then gets violent and attempts to defend jesus. its just an emotional, rash act born out of love for jesus and a desire to protect him. >> after jesus arrest, peter is in danger for his life. we have a history of rebellions ...

>> for canon john peterson, its confirmation of an ancient christian tradition. >> its not only exciting and special, but it is mystical because one enters into dealing with the questions of, where did the holy family live? isnt this exciting though, to be able to think that we are looking at such an important part of human history at this point? >> yes. >> its possible that this house is the real deal because we have to remember that mary was alive during much of the period of the early church ...