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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 you know but we do not. you have heard them. >> what is hidden f...

Point home in a lurid dream sequence. >> the disciples nightmare is absolutely horrific. its just a terrifying scene. >> they are sacrificing their wives and children. there are men engaged in sexual relations with men. >> we saw a great house with a great altar in it! >> its sort of a panoply of sin and theyre very frightened by this vision that they have. theyre not really sure what it means. >> 12 people whom you say are priests. >> jesus responds by saying terrible things are going to be don...

>> the possible discovery of herods palace is exciting. 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. 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 d...

Where the last supper took place. when jesus and his disciples meet for the last supper, the tension is really building up. through the week that theyve been in jerusalem, there have been increasing conflicts with authorities. something big was about to happen. >> i think theres a real sense of foreboding at the last supper, the way that its portrayed in the gospels. >> theres that moment in the meal, this intimacy, to eat a meal with somebody is to be

From the cross, but she can be present to him. i think a lot of times when were struggling with people who are 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. she wasnt alone in the end because of the bravery of these women. and i think it must have brought him some comfort at t...

The last supper. the monks sat on a raised. it was as if they too were part of the group of. jesus and his friends the disciples. the painting is five hundred years old it is in a sorry state overpainted ruined restored scarcely a single detail in mainz to distil from my hand and yet the truth here unusually is in the home because i told a story in the painting and that story is still perfectly clear. to the fool is judas clutching the passive silver behind him as peter clear and alert and open ...

>> so jesus and disciples are having this meal together, very s lovely and intimate and all of a sudden, jesus just comes from this completely unexpected direction. >> this is my body, which is given for you. do this in remembrance of me. >> jesus breaks bread in the last supper as an act of symbolism. he breaks the bread in order to illustrate his body, too, will be broken. >> i think when peter hears jesus speaking of his death, hes confused.

>> jerusalem. after spending many months preaching around galilee, jesus, peter and the disciples bring their message here, to the holy city itself. >> from everything that we know in the gospels, peter is just a simple guy. hes a fisherman from galilee. hes probably never been to jerusalem before. so imagine what kind of an experience it was for him to enter this incredibly busy, bustling city. >> this is the moment where peter is thinking, are we about to see israel restored it its former glor...

The holy land to india? >> a direct line to the very source of christian faith. >> science puts his relics to the test, to reveal the truth about doubting thomas. ♪ a holy festival in the south indian state of caraway. worshippers here follow a lit you are gee they believe was handed to them directly by one of jesus 12 disciples. a man 7 million indians claims

>> judas is the one singled out by jesus as the one who will betray him. peter and the other disciples react with complete bee bewilderment. surely this cant happen. >> the last summer becomes even more intense when yeah sustained -- when jesus looks at his disciples and say none of you will stay true 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 personality, although, peter thought himself as being this