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It reminds us, once again, that this is a real-life story that happened in a real place and in a real time. >> the most famous trial in history is about to begin. >> romans were very clear about reserving capital punishment into their own hands, so the jewish authorities in jerusalem had no authority to execute anybody. >> so if jesus is to be crucified, then the only person who can authorize that is the roman prefect, pontius pilate. >> after disrupting the temple, jesus is a marked man. >> he ...

Person that the author in the text is most interested in. >> regardless of whether judas is a good or a 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. thats what really probably should have been the headline. none of the disciples are that great. >> the gospel of judas is...

Order to be followers of the christ. >> his letters to new christian communities, the epistles, make up a third of the new testament. his teachings show how determined he is to reach out to gentiles. >> jesus said, "go and make disciples of all the nations," and that meant not just the jews. >> if i were james and i had heard about paul and what paul was doing, i would be hugely frustrated. paul never met the human jesus. here was james, who was jesus brother, and this upstart was presuming to t...

>> in the gospel according to thomas, jesus tells his disciples when they want to find leadership after his departure, they should go to james. >> james was a very devout man. a second-century historian tells us that james was continually on his knees, praying so much so that he had calloused knees like a camels knees. >> james becomes the first bishop of jerusalem. >> my brother. >> he becomes a kind of rock of the movement in many ways because he provides the kind of stability that a new chris...

>> 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 poor. >> its sort of one set of rules for the disciples and a different set of rules for jesus. we can see why this event would upset judas. >> this was a big turning point for judas be...

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 and would have passed down the me...

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 the orthodox church of the 2nd century....

>> in the new testament gospels, jesus starts his mission traveling through galilee and judea gathering followers. from them, he chooses 12 to be his closest disciples. >> the term disciple simply means learner or student, so when jesus is calling disciples, hes simply gathering a group of students round to learn from him. >> the disciples come from a wide range of backgrounds from fishermen to tax collectors. >> there was recruitment by jesus, deliberate recruitment, and he wanted a diverse gro...

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 ...

By john, indicating jesus was in a subordinate position, which was a problem for the -- for the early church. >> for all 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 for jesus. after all, hes baptizing jesus in the river jordan and has attracted him there, but afterwards, they go their separate ways. >> one of the great lines ...