Since Mary, Jesus mother, was so heavily revered by theĬatholic church, it seems unlikely that, had Jesus been married, His wifeĬould have disappeared without a historical trace. But no indication of a familial relationshipĬan be concluded. Passage in the even later Gospel of Mary that indicates that Mary was privy to Mentions Mary as 'companion' (translated from the Greek word 'Koinonos')Īlthough this can either mean 'wife' or 'religious companion'.
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Written a full 200 years after the time of Jesus- mention Jesus kissing Mary,Īlthough the location of kissing is never made clear. Asīock notes, the broken ancient texts of the Gospel of Phillip- a Gospel Since He did not fall into theseĮxpected norms, why would He necessarily be married?Īssert that Jesus was married to Mary bring their own evidence to bear. Related to women in a way that fell outside the expected 'norms' of theĬulture (John Chapter 12, vs 1-8 Luke Chapter 7, vs 36-50). There is no mention, for example, of a wife in theĬrucifixion accounts in any of the canonical Gospels. There is no biblical or extra-biblical evidence Himself was (1 Corinthians, Chapter 7, vs 8). In one particularĬircumstance we even see Paul encouraging people to remain unmarried, as he It was therefore not un-Jewish not to be married. JesusĮven said that in certain cases it was better not to marry (Matthew Chapter 19, vs 10-12). Preferred not to be married, remaining pious to God through celibacy. Group of men called the Essenes thought of marriage as a way through which the We now know for example that an ancient Jewish
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Single? There is some evidence for celibacy in some parts of the JewishĬommunity during Jesus' time. Would it have been in any way un-Jewish for Jesus to remain Refers to her, who was sent to reveal the resurrected Christ to the twelve But what we do see here is Mary asĪ witness to the cross and resurrection- 'an apostle to the apostles' as Bock Not expecting him to be in any way 'alive'. Surprise on seeing the resurrected Jesus is understandable given that she is In fact a passage in the Gospel of John (Chapter 20, vs 11-18) provides the onlyĭocumented encounter of Jesus and Mary alone. In Mark (Chapter 11, vs 27) how Jesus' authority was severely challenged by the leaders Was certainly not recognized as one by the Jewish authorities. Jesus'ĭisciples called him by this title because he was a teacher to them. As Bock points out Jesus was not technically a rabbi. Wedlock, the argument that he must have been married because He was a rabbi is Is admittedly odd that women would have been traveling with a man outside of Her specifically mentioned as one of the female followers of Christ the othersīeing Susana and Joanna, the wife of Herod's business manager. Larger group of women who followed Jesus during His ministry. Marital affiliation suggesting that she was not married), Mary was part of a Mary 'of Magdala' (her name still contains her town of origin rather than a The real identity of Mary and her relationship to Jesus. Had been a major suppression by the church of other books outside of theĬanonical biblical Gospels and the Pauline letters, I began to read Bock'sīock begins his discussion of the facts by revealing to us The claim that she was married to Jesus, and to discover whether there really
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What I could about Mary Magdalene's true identity, particularly in regards to Historical inaccuracies, I picked up a copy of Breaking The Da VinciĬode by New Testament scholar Darrell Bock. That morning, spurred on by Witherington's brilliant refutation of Brown's Systematically destroy the supposedly factual claims made by Brown. Witherington's delivery of the facts was superb as he proceeded to Listen to the arguments against the claims being made in Brown's fictionalīestseller. The foremost New Testament scholars, Ben Witherington III, give a talk aboutĭan Brown's book The Da Vinci Code.
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