Jesus’ Wife and Other Bible Rewrites A piece of papyrus dating back to the fourth century mention a Biblical character that can’t be found in scripture: the wife of Jesus Christ. Identified by Karen L. King, a historian at Harvard Divinity school, the scroll has the following passage written in Coptic, as reported by the New York Times: “Jesus said to them, ‘My wife… she will be able to be my disciple.’” read on…

Jesus’ Wife and Other Bible Rewrites

A piece of papyrus dating back to the fourth century mention a Biblical character that can’t be found in scripture: the wife of Jesus Christ.

Identified by Karen L. King, a historian at Harvard Divinity school, the scroll has the following passage written in Coptic, as reported by the New York Times: “Jesus said to them, ‘My wife… she will be able to be my disciple.’”

read on…

Source: news.discovery.com

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    Also, Jesus killed his friend when he was younger but it’s cool bro, he brought him back to life. With that being said,...
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    Told ya
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    The paper is physically 4th century. Doesn’t mean its the original copy of the text. Same with other scriptures.
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    Aaaaaand let the shit storm commence.
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    ‘dating back to the fourth century’ at least three centuries after jesus died nonetheless, huh. interesting.
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