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Relationship between mary and jesus and the young disciples and it says -- can we see that one? all right. >> there it is. beautiful. so we see a little argument a little, dispute, a little scene unfolding. >> the gospel of thomas tells of an angry episode when peter vents his resentment against mary. >> tell mary to leave us because she is a woman and not worthy of life, spiritual life. similar to the jewish tradition that women arent supposed to be taught tora. >> another lost gospel, that of ...

His closest disciples. >> the term "disciple" simply means learner or student. so when jesus is calling disciples, hes simply gathering a group of students around to learn from him. >> the disciples come from a wide range of backgrounds. from fishermen to tax collectors. >> there was recruitment by jesus, deliberate recruitment. and he wanted a diverse group. judas may well have been one of the very first he recruited. >> jesus was a pretty good judge of character. anyone who jesus had chosen as...

Missing fragments of text complete the gospel and force us to reconsider judas role in the story of jesus? >> the story of jesus, the story of the crucifixion is not so much a whodunit, its a whydunit. why did judas betray jesus? thats really the biggest question in the entire gospel. >> in the new testament gospels, jesus starts his mission traveling through galilee and judea, gathering followers. from them, he chooses 12 to be his closest disciples. >> the term "disciple" simply means learner ...

World. >> johns disciples are still around long after the death of jesus. perhaps the biggest difference is that ultimately in the early jesus movement there is an appeal to gentiles and as soon as the gentiles are converting to the new movement we get a much more successful global kind of mission. >> but johns voice can still be heard in a very direct way through one of jesuss most famous teachings, the lords prayer itself. >> father, hallowed be your name -- >> the words spoken by jesus were d...

>> 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, the latin word for dinner. and this is the traditional site where the last supper took place. when jesus and his disciples me...

>> luke dedescribes these women. we have mary magdelene and many others so theres a lot of women supporting jesus which means theyre also following him. theres a name for those that follow jesus and that name is disciples. >> in any situation where someone is holding the purse strings they have power. theyre in control. so the fact that she is a backer of the jesus movement, it doesnt mean she gets to shape jesuss teaching but it gives her access to jesus. >> mary follows jesus during the many m...

Jesus, frankly. and these disciples are standing as kind of ciphers. theyre symbols of the orthodox church of the second century. >> it seems that its written as a criticism of mainstream christians who are engaged in worships that are led by bishops or clerics of one kind or another. and the authors of this text, they dont like that kind of clericalism. they dont like that kind of religious service. and they are strongly discouraging people from participating in it. >> the gospel of judas is a ...

>> 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 done in my name. and in fact, youre going to be the ones who are doing it. >> you who receive the offerings for the altar that you saw. >> they think that theyre following god. they think that theyre serving jesus. theyve b...

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 done in my name. and in fact, y...

Judas is not simply that jesus is betrayed by judas in his lifetime but that his teachings are being betrayed after his death. >> the author of the gospel of judas is angry, but hes not angry at the events that transpired in the first century between jesus and judas. hes angry at church leaders in the second century. >> the gospel of judas is itical of all the disciples of jesus, frankly. and these disciples are standing as kind of ciphers. theyre symbols of the orthodox church of the second cen...