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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 the familiar scene of the last supper ...

>> the tricky issue of what do we do with gentiles was the hot button issue in earliest christianity. you have to remember all the earliest followers of jesus were jews. all of them. so where do the gentiles fit into this? >> ball doesnt want the gentiles to convert to judaism in order to become christians or in order to be followers of the christ. >> his letters 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 disc...

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 family with them. jesus announces that one ...

Cross but she can be present. a lot of times when were struggling with people that are dying or ill we can take comfort from mary and use her as our example. ministry of presence. >> he may well have been abandoned by his closest male disciples but mary is still there. >> thank god they were there to go through it with him. he wasnt alone in the end because of the bravery of these women. and i think it must have brought him some comfort at the end.

>> 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 teachings and missions. >> peter might have felt that it was his rightful role to be the leader and it might very well have had to do with the fact th...

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 the familiar scene of the last supper to paint a very different picture of judas and jesus fr...

>> 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 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 o...

Non-jews or gentiles. >> the tricky issue of what do we do with gentiles was the hot button issue in earliest christianity. you have to remember all of the earliest followers of jesus were jews. all of them. so where do the gentiles fit into this? >> paul doesnt want the gentiles to convert to judaism in order to become christians, to be followers of christ. >> his letters to the new christian community, the epistle epistles, make up a third of the new testament. his teachings show how determine...

It could be very dangerous. >> following his betrayal by judas, jesus is arrested, tried and sentenced by pilot to be scourged and crucified. >> the men had fled because the men could have been arrested with jesus. they could have been crucified as well. >> 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

Problem 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 to jesus. after all, hes baptizing jesus in the river jordan and has attracted him there. but afterwards they go their separate ways. >> one of the great lines of john the baptist that i really, really love is, as jesus is growing in populari...