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The mindset was the computer as the brain. and it was a threatened concept. >> 1980s is a period of time when the big, giant, impersonal machine that lives in a huge, air conditioned room someplace suddenly becomes something that sits on your desk. >> something is happening out there, something thats expanding your world. small computers are happening. >> as soon as we have intelligent machines creeping into our daily lives, into our factories, into our hospitals, into our businesses, then its g...

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 the disciples to follow him. and the one thing that they have failed to do, many of the disciples, is to follow jesus a...

>> i think he had resolved well before he ever entered the city on the donkey to do whatever it took to accomplish the mission. >> matthew describes the whole city of jerusalem being in turmoil with people saying, who is this, and the crowds answer, this is jesus the prophet from nazareth. >> he arrives as the city prepares for passover. >> passover is the largest religious event of the jewish calendar. language like king of the jews and promises of a new kingdom is very powerful, especially whe...

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♪ >> maybe that mary had some kind of mental illness, perhaps it was depression. who knows? but whatever it was, her encounter with jesus was a life-changing one. >> following jesus intervention, she is one of several women who join him as followers. >> one of the things about jesus is that he has very inclusive group of disciples. its a very open kind of movement and included women who a lot of the time might have felt themselves somewhat marginalized.

Southwest india. around 7 million christians here trace their faith directly to the apostle famous for his doubt. they believe their ancestors were baptized by one of jesus 12 disciples, thomas. >> stop doubting and believe. >> my lord, my god. >> thomas vanishes from the new testament after the resurrection. but his story is taken up by a third century epic narrative. the acts of thomas. >> now it seems that the acts of thomas contains at least some

Just days before he will die on the cross, jesus takes his followers into jerusalem for the jewish passover. on the night that judas will betray him, jesus invites his disciples to share a last supper. >> jesus has to have the last supper in secret because he cant let the authorities know where hes going to be because its very important that he finish his last teaching and his last supper before he is seized and arrested violently. >> mary magdalene, mary the mother of jesus, theyre not there at...

There are two moments in the gospel of phillip that really say something interesting about the relationship between jesus and mary magdalene. one is that he, jesus, refers to mary magdalene as his companion or consort. it says explicitly that jesus loved mary magdalene more than the other disciples. >> why do you love her more than all of us? >> why do i not love you as i do her? >> and theres another moment where he kisses her. he used to kiss her -- and then theres this hole. and so weve lost ...

Between mary magdalene and jesuss other followers. >> the gospel of thomas, like other sources, suggests that marys role among the disciples was deeply resented by some of them, particularly peter. the way peter is described is irate and hot headed and bad tempered, somebody thats a difficult person. >> the lost gospel of thomas points to a surprising explanation for this tension between peter and mary. dr. nicola denzey lewis has come to the coptic museum in cairo to see these gospels. >> so th...

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 reestablished as the rock who will be key in the early christian movement. >> peter was convinced that jesus was the messiah and became resolute in spreading that message. >> peter...