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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 counsel, 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, his followers and discipl...

Important artifact for the disciples and then for the early christians. so the notion that it would have been preserved makes total sense to me. >> my gut tells me that its real. >> it doesnt seem likely to me that its real, but it focuses our attention on something unavoidable about the jesus story, just how much he suffers. jesus may be glorious, enthroned in heaven, lord of lord, king of kings, but this moment of suffering and pain is etched into the turin shroud. its his most human moment. >...

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 that to touch a dead body would make you unclean. for joseph and nicodemus to 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 crucifixion, john and simon peter, two of jesus dis...

That john the baptist was subordinate to jesus, and yet hes the one thats doing the baptizing. >> in the gospels, you see this trying to tackle this problem of jesus being baptized by john, indicating jesus was in a subordinate position which was a 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 ...

Known as the gnostic gospels. >> i was told, as we all were, that these were heresy. they couldnt be the real gospels. they had to be bad gospels, heretical gospels, fake gospels. >> its one of those books, the gospel of philip, which is at the heart of the controversy. >> the gospel of philip has the following words. and then the text breaks, and you never know. and the text goes on to say that the other disciples were somewhat jealous, and they said, "why do you love her more than all of us?" ...

>> 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 can still be heard in a very direct way through one of jesus most famous teachings, the lords prayer itself. >> father, hallowed be thy name. >> the words spoken by jesus were directly i...

>> 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 popularity, while john still has a min...

>> 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 that 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 cruc...

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...

>> 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, his followers and disciples were jewish. n...