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Jesus's ministry begins near the sea of galilee where he gathers his first disciples. >> here on the northwest shore of the sea of galilee is the area where the gospels most often locate activities, miracles, teachings of jesus. >> one of the coastal villages is magdala. was it here that jesus first mary? >> mary magdalene means mary of magdala. she was from magdala which is just over the hill behind me. >> a woman in distress. what the gospel of luke calls a case of demon ik possession. the woman is mary. >> what we know about mary is she's possessed by seven demons. this would have been a tr...

The time of the resurrection, mary then disappears from the story of the early church. >> one of the great mysteries of early christianity is what happened to mary magdalene because there she is on the pages of the gospels in all the key moments at the end of his life, at the tomb and experiencing the resurrection, and then we don't hear any more about her. >> it's very difficult to know what happens to mary magdalene after the resurrection. she seems to drop out of the story of the early church. >> instead, it is peter who goes onto become one of the leaders of jesus's movement. >> peter emer...

Instead, the truth is far more disturbing. according to the new testament, mary is possessed by demons and it is jesus who saves her. ♪ music plays love you by the free design ♪ ♪

Jesus is resented by peter. >> once mary's 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? >> in 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 abouty the leader and it very well might have had to do with the fact he was a man than any other factor. >> the conclusion of this gospel i...

Who was mary really? where do these myths come from? and what is the truth about her relationship with jesus? ♪ >> the myth that mary was actually a prostitute stems from one key event described in the gospel of luke. >> let's set the scene. jesus has been invited to lunch at the house of simon the pharisee. >> and a woman in the city who was is sinner having learned he was eating in the pharisees house brought a jar of ointment. the bible describes how a sinner, someone believed to be a prostitute comes to visit jesus. >> get out of the way! >> go! >> the fact that jesus allows this woman t...