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He has a bit of a temper on him. hell say things which he then regrets and changes his mind about things. hes the most three-dimensional of the disciples. >> significantly, according to johns gospel, early on in his ministry, jesus renames peter. >> peters actual name is simon or siemian and he appears to have been renamed by jesus, peter or kifas and this is the word for rock and it seems to be that hes nicknamed rock because in spite of all peters failings, hes the one jesus trusts to be the r...

This piece of bread. >> judas is singled out by jesus as the one who will betray him. peter and the other disciples react with complete we be willederment. surely this cant happen. >> the last supper becomes even more intent when jesus looks at his disciples and says, none of you will stay true to me. you will all desert me when my time has come. >> i will lay down my life for you. >> jesus knew peters

The world. >> this is a new gospel. it tells a new story of the last days of jesus christ. its a dialogue between jesus and judas. >> it is the only known copy of a text originally written in the second century a.d. the actual author of the gospel of judas remains unknown. >> its not the gospel according to judas. so all the other gospels that we have are always according to one disciple or the other. but this is not necessarily judas view. this is a text thats about judas. >> the gospel uses th...

>> but judas himself isnt the person that the author in the text is most interested in. >> regardless of whether judas was a good or 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 gre...

Revolutionaries, maybe he got frustrated jesus wasnt taking enough action in public enough, pressing the matter hard enough. >> maybe he handed over jesus in the hopes that creating a confrontation between jesus and the romans would be the spark that would cause jesus to begin the events that would topple the roman empire. >> these political intrigues form the backdrop to one of the most celebrated scenes of jesus life, the last supper. >> this place is called the cenaculum. it comes from cena, ...

In 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 of the nations, and that meant not just the jew. >> if i were james and id 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 te...

Followers on a mission to find jesus and ask an urgent question. >> forgive us our sins for we also forgive those who sin 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 lame walk. the blind see. im doing all of this stuff, john. so i am...

But with each other and with creation. and its the disconnect from god that divides us and that causes such division. to me the thing that we have lost, many of us, is that spirituality, connection to god. we revere jesus as a prophet and believe every prophet came with a particular signature, and jesus message was particularly strong on the spiritual aspect. he taught his disciples to speak through and with the power of the holy spirit, and when we fill ourselves with this connection, the conne...

>> in the wake of johns death, many of his followers turn to jesus as johns movement slowly declines. eclipsed by the new growing christian church whose message spreads across the world. >> johns disciples are still around long after the death of jesus. perhaps the biggest difference is that ultimately, in the early jesus movement, theres an appeal to gentiles and as soon as the gentiles are converting to this new movement, we get a much more successful global kind of mission. >> but johns voice...

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...