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Particular, im very excited to see, and that is 63, 64. >> okay. >> it is, yeah. there are two moments in the gospel of philip 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 consulate. it says specifically 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 there is another moment where h...

>> when nicodemus is willing to get involved is in the burial. hes supplying really very expensive products to be used in the process of embalming the body. >> first century jewish law said at to touch a dead body would make you unclean. and so for joseph and nicodemus to actually go through the process of preparing jesus for burial, there had to have been tremendous love and devotion just to care for him. >> a rock is rolled across the entrance to seal the tomb shut. three days after the crucif...

>> though known as gospels, they are not in the bible. they are written by different authors than the new testament. they depict a growing tension between mary magdalene and jesus other followers. >> the gospel of thomas like other sources suggest 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 and somebody thats a difficult person. >> the lost gospel of thomas points to a surprising ...

Jerusalem. >> 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. >> its the largest religious event of the jewish calendar. promises of a new kingdom is very powerful, especially when people are celebrating the lib...

>> jesus told the disciples to follow him, and the one thing that they have failed to do, many of the disciples, is to follow jesus at the most crucial moments of all, which is to the cross. but mary has understood this and shes followed him to the cross. she succeeded where many of the male disciples faid. >> how difficult it must have been for mary, the mother of jesus, mary magdalene. the last they saw jesus, probably in the temple teaching in public, healthy, vibrant, alive. >> it says a lot...

The violence. clearly would have been part part of that for the disciples and for the early christians. the notion that it would have been preserved makes total sense to me. my gut tells me that its real. >> it doesnt seem like its real. its unavoidable about the jesus story, which is how much shes suffered. jesus may be gloir yois, thrown into heaven. but you dont know her suffering and into mature and channel. his most explampl -- for many, its also a reminder of the man trying to do the right...

Information about the relationship between mary magdalene and jesus and the other disciples, and thats the last folio which is a folio of 51. so, can we see that one? >> all right. >> and there it is, beautiful. so, in saying 114, we see an argument, a dispute, a little scene unfolding. >> the gospel of thomas tells of an angry episode when peter vents his resentment against mary. >> let mary leave us. women are not wanted, right? >> tell mary to leave us because shes a woman and not worthy of l...

Protect you and will entirely be with you for he has -- >> the gospel of mary suggests that marys relationship with jesus is resented by peter. >> once marys finished instructing, a full scale argument breaks out between mary and peter. >> did he prefer her to us? >> what do you think? that i made this up in my heart, that i am lying about the savior? >> this is clearly a fight between the disciples for supremacy, for who is going to be the chief disciple and who properly carries on jesus teachi...

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 was jewish...

>> mary magdalene does something all of us can do when were faced with suffering, which is she brings her presence. she cant solve jesuss suffering, she cant take him 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 a our example, kind of ministry of presence. >> he may well have been abandoned by his closest male disciples, but mary magdalene was still there. >> tha...