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Peter, two of jesus disciples, visit the tomb. they find it empty. according to johns gospel, "then simon peter came and went into the tomb. he saw the linen wrappings lying there." but the bible doesnt mention what happens to the linen cloths next. more than 1,300 years later, a shroud showing the crucified body of jesus appeared from out of nowhere in a small village in northeastern france. when it moved to turin, 40,000 people were there to welcome it, and then centuries later in 1898, it bec...

>> finally, john sends his followers on a mission to find jesus and ask an urgent question. >> forgive us our sins, for we also forgive those whove sinned 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? >> yeah. >> what did he say? >> the good news is preached to the poor. the maimed walk. the blind see. i am d...

>> i do think it would be possible for the shroud that wrapped jesus to have survived until now. clearly, it would have been an important artifact for the disciples and then for the early christians, and so the notion that it would have been preserved makes total sense to me. my gut tells me that its real. >> it doesnt seem likely to me that its real, but the turin shroud focuses our attention on something unavoidable about the jesus story of just how much he suffers. jesus may be glorious and t...

>> judas iscariot is the one singled out by jesus as the one who will betray him. >> peter and the other disciples react with complete bewilderment. surely this cant happen. >> the last supper becomes even more intense when jesus actually looks at his disciples and says, "not one of you will stay faithful to me. you will all betray me. you will all desert me, when my time has come." >> i will lay down my life for you >> jesus knew peters

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 against the roman government, and during most of these, if a ...

>> i do think it would be possible to survive until now. clearly, it would have been an important art fact for the disciples and the early christians. so the notion it would have been preserved makes total sense to me. my gut tells me that its real. >> it doesnt seem likely to me that its real. but it focuses our attention on something unavoidable on the jesus story on how much he suffered. he must be glorious and king of kings, but this moment of suffering and pain is etched into the shroud. it...

About what thomas was up to. and the story goes that after jesus death, the disciples are getting together, and theyre trying to decide who goes where, and they actually draw lots. thomas chooses the short straw. >> the disciples believed drawing lots would allow god to decide where they should go to spread the word. thomas gets india. >> i cannot go. i do not wish to go. >> to a first-century judean, india was on the other side of the world, so it wouldve been enormously daunting for anyone to ...

You were left there to rot 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 council, 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 is jewish. ...

>> 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 -- 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 attr...

Fisherman. >> i see peter as the everyman. heres someone who is probably illiterate, who is probably limited in terms of his experience, you know, only a fisherman, and who has to follow this carpenter, you know, who hes probably never seen before. >> jesus asked peter to follow him, and it says in the gospels that peter dropped everything to follow him, and so its a complete commitment. >> according to the gospels, peter spends many months traveling galilee with jesus, helping to spread his mes...