Here we go again. Did Jesus have a wife? If you remember the Da Vinci code, a novel by Dan Brown, he claimed that the Holy Grail was not a cup but the womb of Mary Magdalene who was the wife of Jesus. He admitted of course that this was not based on historical evidence but was postulated from various references in ancient texts and a painting by old Leonardo. In his famous painting of the Last Supper, the person on the right side of Jesus looks like a woman! So what does Leonardo know? He was a product of the Renaissance “Enlightenment” era. He drew out of his head not from historical evidence.
Karen King, a Harvard University divinity professor lays claims to an ancient document that she has analyzed which speaks of Jesus having a wife. The document, called the Gospel of Judas, quotes Jesus using the words “my wife.” Amazingly this is one of the few, if not the only, document in which Jesus claims to have had a wife.
Small problem!!
Many, if not most of the professors of the ancient Coptic text say that the document isn’t authentic! In fact, Alin Suciu, a papyrologist at the University of Hamburg, bluntly said that it was a forgery! Even professor King, says the documents were written two centuries after the death of the Lord.
The news media quickly grabbed the story. Anything to discredit the traditional views of the Christian church.
The gullible public of course, reads the story as being true. Most of the news media will not report the probability of this being heresy.
We as Christians and believers know that the words of Jesus are true. Jesus didn’t need a wife or children to carry on his legacy of faith.
“I am the way, the truth and the life. No one comes to the Father except through me.” (John 14:6)
No, the Lord didn’t have physical wife.
But He has made us children of God through our faith in Him! (Romans 8:16)
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