Bombshell!! Papyrus from centuries after Jesus with a half a sentence with the word “wife” in it proves that everything we thought we new about Jesus is a lie. Again.
If you thought that the reporting on the terrorist attacks in Libya is bad, you ain’t seen nuthin’ yet.
So there is this papyrus fragment from unknown writings that dates to centuries after Jesus and the Apostles that says in part, “Jesus said to them, ‘My wife …”
That’s it.
The scholar who presents this find, Harvard Divinity School Professor Karen King, goes to great pains to make the point that this find has absolutely no bearing and provides no evidence whatsoever that Jesus was married.
“What I’m really quick to say is to cut off people who would say this is proof that Jesus was married because historically speaking, it’s much too late to constitute historical evidence,” she continued. “I’m not saying he was, I’m not saying he wasn’t. I’m saying this doesn’t help us with that question,”
So what is the lede for almost every story? Jesus had a wife, of course.
September 19, 2012 at 4:12 am
(Yawn)
September 19, 2012 at 3:24 pm
I heartily disagree… Jesus DOES have a wife. Revelation 19:7, 21:2, 2 Corinthians 11:2, Matthew 9:15.
September 19, 2012 at 11:00 pm
Mike and Debbie; better learn your Scriptures before making such a statement. The quotations from Revelation are simply the use of a common way in the Scriptures, mainly the Old Testament, where the covenant is referred to as a "marriage" between God and His people. In Revelations it refers to "marriage" between Christ and His Church..the Bride. 2 Corinthians 11:2, where St. Paul betroths the community to Christ as His bride. Matthew 9:15, Jesus is telling them that fasting would be inappropriate at this time of joy when He is proclaiming the kingdom, as it would be at a marriage feast. Yet, the saying looks forward to the time when Jesus will no longer be with the disciples visibly. May God bless you!
September 19, 2012 at 11:01 pm
Mike and Debbie; better learn your Scriptures before making such a statement. The quotations from Revelation are simply the use of a common way in the Scriptures, mainly the Old Testament, where the covenant is referred to as a "marriage" between God and His people. In Revelations it refers to "marriage" between Christ and His Church..the Bride. 2 Corinthians 11:2, where St. Paul betroths the community to Christ as His bride. Matthew 9:15, Jesus is telling them that fasting would be inappropriate at this time of joy when He is proclaiming the kingdom, as it would be at a marriage feast. Yet, the saying looks forward to the time when Jesus will no longer be with the disciples visibly. May God bless you!
September 20, 2012 at 11:31 pm
rotciv –
I feel certain that was Mike and Debbie's point.