>> mary magdalene means mary of magdala. from magdala which is just over the hill behind me. >> a woman in distress. what the gospel of luke calls a case of demonic possession. the woman is mary. >> what we know about mary is that she's possessed by seven demons. this would have been a very personally traumatizing condition to have, and she hasn't been able to find any kind of respite from it until she meets jesus. >> according to the gospel traditions, the way that jesus dealt with specifically severe cases of demon possession is that he would get them to name themselves and then having named them, then demanding by name that they leave the person. ♪ >> it's difficult to imagine how profound that moment must be for her, to finally feel free and cured and whole. >> jesus cleaned up her life, and she became absolutely devoted to him. ♪ >> maybe that mary had some kind of mental illness, perhaps it was depression. who knows? but whatever it was, her encounter with jesus was a life-changing one. >> following jesus' intervention

>> mary magdalene means mary of magdala.ich is just over the hill behind me. >> a woman in distress. what the gospel of luke calls a case of demonic possession. the woman is mary. >> what we know about mary is that she's possessed by seven demons. this would have been a very personally traumatizing condition to have, and she hasn't been able to find any kind of respite from it until she meets jesus. >> according to the gospel traditions, the way that jesus dealt with specifically severe cases of demon possession is that he would get them to name themselves and then having named them, then demanding by name that they leave the person. ♪ >> it's difficult to imagine how profound that moment must be for her, to finally feel free and cured and whole. >> jesus cleaned up her life, and she became absolutely devoted to him. ♪ >> maybe that mary had some kind of mental illness, perhaps it was depression. who knows? but whatever it was, her encounter with jesus was a life-changing one. >> following jesus' intervention, she is one of

>> mary magdalene means mary of magdala.rom magdala which is just over the hill behind me. >> a woman in distress. what the gospel of luke calls a case of demonic possession. the woman is mary. >> what we know about mary is that she's possessed by seven demons. this would have been a very personally traumatizing condition to have, and she hasn't been able to find any kind of respite from it until she meets jesus. >> according to the gospel traditions, the way that jesus dealt with specifically severe cases of demon possession is that he would get them to name themselves and then having named them, then demanding by name that they leave the person. ♪ >> it's difficult to imagine how profound that moment must be for her, to finally feel free and cured and whole. >> jesus cleaned up her life, and she became absolutely devoted to him. ♪ >> maybe that mary had some kind of mental illness, perhaps it was depression. who knows? but whatever it was, her encounter with jesus was a life-changing one. >> following jesus' intervention,

weekend on "finding jesus," the program takes a deeper look at that relationship between jesus and mary magdalene lost gospel, that of philip suggests a different reason for peter and the other disciples' apparent dislike of mary. >> all those tantalizing theories about jesus and mary magdalene being lovers jumped from this one passage. this is the juiciest stuff we've got, that there was a relationship between jesus and mary magdalene. for the most part, the missionaries were missionary couples. so it makes sense that jesus himself could have been part of a missionary couple. >> as a first century jewish man it would have been incredibly likely that jesus would have been married during his lifetime. >> this is high-stakes stuff. if jesus, the son of god, was married and he had children, if he had that kind of an intimate relationship, people want to know. and if he had children, that means there might be people wandering around today with sort of holy blood in them. >> now, that is some fascinating stuff. here to discuss, a professor who teaches new testament and early christianity. you just saw

father james martin. >> mary magdalene was definitely not a prostitute.as the only one who understood the mystery of the resurrection. you could say for a time, for a few hours mary magdalene was the entire church. >> that church was at the center of a political and religious storm. the roman authorities, led by pontius pilate. >> grant each request. prevent them from wrapping their fingers around us. >> and the jewish high priest were with trying to track down followers of jesus. the setting, jerusalem, in the land of judea, modern day israel. >> jerusalem is the capital of the jewish people. at the same time it's occupied by the romans. we have a lot of religious unrest are.un rest rest. >> unrest and fear. terrified, jesus's followerers huddled together in safehouses. >> they saw their leader was crucified and was executed as an enemy of the state. they were some of his followers. so is not surprisingly they are fearful that the roman authorities will find them as well. >> then, according to the acts of the apostles, the holy spirit came upon the disci

>> i want to bring up the gospel of mary magdalene. first century jewish man it would have been incredibly likely that jesus would have been married during his life time. >> this is high-stakes stuff. so if jesus, the son of god, was married maybe he had children. if he had that kind of an intimate relationship people want to know and if he had children that means there might be people wandering around today with holy blood in them. >> so very controversial question. was mary magdalene sort of the partner of jesus in all of this? what do we know? >> it's interesting, poppy. the only one who has said that is dan brown in the da vinci codes. >> people talk about it as though it's fact. >> it's nowhere in the scriptur and mary magdalene is given a heightened role and unusual for a rabbi to have women followers and she was the first at the empty tomb and she carries the message of the resurrection and he appears to a woman first? he certainly exalted her position but there is no indication in the scripture and the agnostic gospels and it's

you can find out much much more about mary magdalene.l episode of "finding jesus" easter sunday. let's get back to our breaking news. the race for the white house and hillary clinton, just signing a lease for a campaign headquarters in brooklyn. mr. chris moody is live in washington following all the developments. what do you know? >> reporter: well she has signed a lease for an office in brook brooklyn as you just mentioned. that suggests to us the campaign announcement is coming up very soon. there are rules that say you have to announce the campaign once you engage in activities like this. i think there are a lot of benefits to having it in a location like this. new york city is accessible to a lot of volunteers that can come in on the transit lines to get there easily to put in a couple of hours of phone banking and it's close to her old political network as a senator of new york. the only negatives i can think of at this time is really the expense. in order to have a thriving large, campaign staff, people are not necessarily paid a

or visit your24info.com. >>> mary magdalene.dition calls a sinner but who becomes the most devoted follower of jesus. >> i see mary magdalene as one of the most compelling figures in the entire gospel. >>

. >>> mary magdalene.tradition calls a sinner but who becomes the most devoted follower of jesus. >> i see mary magdalene as one of the most compelling figures in the entire gospel. >> a witness to the crucifixion and the resurrection, she is one of the most misunderstood women in the bible. >> she was the first christian. >> known as a penitent prostitute, was she, in fact, the wife of jesus? >> there's an air of scandal about this. >> the bible tells us little about mary. is it possible that everything

. >>> mary magdalene.most devoted follower of jesus. >> i see mary magdalene as one of the most compelling figures in the entire gospel. >> a witness to the crucifixion and the resurrection, she is one of the most misunderstood women in the bible. >> she was the first christian. >> known as a penitent prostitute, was she, in fact, the wife of jesus? >> there's an air of scandal about this. >> the bible tells us little about mary.

. >>> mary magdalene.tion calls a sinner but who becomes the most devoted follower of jesus. >> i see mary magdalene as one of the most compelling figures in the entire gospel. >> a witness to the crucifixion and the resurrection, she is one of the most misunderstood women in the bible. >> she was the first christian. >> known as a penitent prostitute, was she, in fact, the wife of jesus? >> there's an air of scandal about this. >> the bible tells us little about mary. is it possible that everything we've assumed about her

there's 0 evidence that jesus and mary magdalene were married.sus speaking about his wife. he does not say his wife as mary magdalene, but my wife dot, dot, and then it breaks off. we don't have any other information. that's the first time there's ancient text he refers to his wife. we don't know if that's forged text. that's something we are working on, carbon dating to figure it out. what we do in "finding jesus" is look at other texts we've had that talk about the relationship between jesus and mary magdalene. they say she was his companion and loved her more than all the other disciples, which is interesting. she's put in with the disciples, and there is evidence for at least one of the disciples, peter not cool with that saying you love her more than you love us to which his answer is more or less like duh, why do i love her more than i love you. is that evidence -- >> i'm sure he said it just like that. >> exactly, just like that, that's how jesus spoke in the first century, but there's no other direct evidence. there's evidence that's from

but mary magdalene doesn't get factored in but mentioned. the resurrection that's hugely important because it says in all four gospels she is a witness to the resurrection. and that's tremendously, tremendously important for the christian tradition. >> how do you factor in the rules of the time with what you're able to find and document? you know like none of the disciples were women. it was san fized because it was such a male dominance theory and looking at it it was equally likely that he was patronized by women, older women and couples and may have had a lot of couples and didn't go with the narrative of the church they wanted drafting the different versions of the bible. >> i think the writings that are now in the new testament, i don't think they were necessarily being exclusionary and talking about particular characters and name the people as disciples but i don't think that they necessarily thought, oh by not calling mary magdalene a disciple, she shouldn't be considered as one. paul in the writings doesn't talk about mary magdalene

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mary. i only fear the disease of the spirit. >> something you've known. >> do you know magdalene?s. for theirs is the kingdom of heaven. blessed are those who mourn for they will be comforted. blessed are the meek for they will inherit the earth. blessed are those who hunger and thirst. >> is it the nazarene who speaks? >> yes. and those who should be tending my fields. i hear bewitched by him. >> blessed are those persecuted for their righteousness. for theirs is the kingdom of heaven! so this then is how you should pray. our father in heaven, hallowed be your name. your kingdom come, here will be done on earth as it is in heaven. give us this day our daily bread. forgive us our debts as we also forgive or debtor. and lead us not into temptation, but deliver us from evil. for yours is the kingdom, the power and the glory forever! amen! >> amen! >> i saw huge crowds of them and raptured as he spoke in some crude accent of a gallilean peasant. >> what is more we've learned he's -- >> menaced by a family of lunatics. >> there's real danger here. if he could rally them, there could b

titanic director james cameron based on inkripgz inscriptions and they claim he was married to mary magdalenthe center of christian belief. it may prove that somebody named jesus was buried there and he had a father named joseph. that's all we know. >> skeptics say the names were all very common at the time. the authenticity of the inscription has long been disputed but supporter, excited over the new research say linking this to the possible family tomb of jesus would be another testament to the importance. >> no faith required. you know it's true. >> faith only comes into it if you want to believe it's not. >> it is going to be really controversial. if jesus's body was buried here and his bones were here it could step on a lot of religious codes. if it proves to be true and that's a big if this non-des crypt area one of the most historical places in all the world. >> you are marveling at you standing there. anybody could just come over there. >> i thought the last comment, faith only comes into play if you want to believe it's not. >> here feels he has the science. it raises a lot of quest