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Have joanna, the wife of herod and susanna and many others. so there are a lot of women supporting jesus. there's a name for people that follow jesus and that name is disciple. in any situation where someone's holding the pursestrings, they have power. they're in control. so the fact that she's a backer of the jesus movement, it doesn't mean that she gets to shape jesus's teaching, but it gives her access to jesus. >> mary follows jesus during the many months that he preaches in galilee. but what happened during that time? an astonishing discovery made in

Failed to do, many of the disciples, is to follow jesus at the most crucial moment of all, which is to the cross. but mary has understood this and she's followed him to the cross. she succeeded where many of the male disciples have failed. >> 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 about the commitment of mary and the other women and their dedication to jesus and their willingness to be with him in these tough moments. they do go to the crucifixion...

Rock. two days later, on sunday morning, mary visits jesus's tomb. >> mary magdalene goes to the tomb because we've just completed the sa bath. she can't go during the entire time to anoint or do any work with the body according to jewish custom. >> we can see how wanting to try to continue to love him by wanting to care for his body after he's died, she clearly thinks that he's really gone. >> anointing jesus and lamenting over his death is the key part in the grieving process. the stone's rolled away.

Kissed mary magdalene. >> all places for there to be a hole it's there. what did it say? that jesus kissed her often on the lips? or is it rather less racy? is it kiss her on the forehead or the feet? >> so if you happen to be a fan of dan brown and da vinci code, they quote from the gospel of phillip, jesus loved mary magdalene more than the other disciples and used to kiss her aump on the mouth or on the lips. when we actually see the manuscript, it's just not that clear. >> there is no reliable evidence of a romantic relationship between mary and jesus. but these alternative accounts do sup...

♪ just days before he will die on the cross, jesus takes his followers into jerusalem for the jewish passover. on the night that judas will betray him, jesus invites his disciples to share a last supper. >> he has to have it in secret. it's very important that he finish his last teaching and his last dinner before he is seized and arrested violently. >> mary magdalene, mary the mother of jesus, they're not