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Was Jesus Married, Did Jesus Have A Wife? by OLAADEGBU(m): 9:54am On Sep 24, 2012 |
Question: "Was Jesus Christ married? Did Jesus have a wife?" Answer: The recent discovery and translation of the fourth-century "Jesus' wife papyrus" has reopened the discussion as to whether Jesus had a wife / was married. The "Jesus' wife papyus" says, "Jesus said to them, 'My wife ...'" This discovery is interesting in that it is the first Gnostic writing to explicitly state that Jesus had a wife. While a couple of the Gnostic gospels mention Jesus having a close relationship with Mary Magdalene, none of them specifically state that Jesus was married to her or to anyone else. Ultimately, it does not matter what the "Jesus' wife papyrus" or Gnostic gospels say. They have no authority. They have all been proven to be forgeries invented to create a Gnostic view of Jesus. If Jesus had been married, the Bible would have told us so, or there would be some unambiguous statement to that fact. Scripture would not be completely silent on such an important issue. The Bible mentions Jesus’ mother, adoptive father, half-brothers, and half-sisters. Why would it neglect to mention the fact that Jesus had a wife? Those who believe/teach that Jesus was married are doing so in an attempt to “humanize” Him, to make Him more ordinary, more like everyone else. People simply do not want to believe that Jesus was God in the flesh (John 1:1, 14; 10:30). So, they invent and believe myths about Jesus being married, having children, and being an ordinary human being. A secondary question would be, “Could Jesus Christ have been married?” There is nothing sinful about being married. There is nothing sinful about having sexual relations in marriage. So, yes, Jesus could have been married and still be the sinless Lamb of God and Savior of the world. At the same time, there is no biblical reason for Jesus to marry. That is not the point in this debate. Those who believe Jesus was married do not believe that He was sinless, or that He was the Messiah. Getting married and having children is not why God sent Jesus. Mark 10:45 tells us why Jesus came, “For even the Son of Man did not come to be served, but to serve, and to give his life as a ransom for many.” http://www.gotquestions.org/was-Jesus-married.html |
Re: Was Jesus Married, Did Jesus Have A Wife? by Enigma(m): 12:00pm On Sep 24, 2012 |
Ola bros The "discovery" is already being rubbished as fake by other scholars. http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/2012/sep/21/gospel-jesus-wife-forgery?newsfeed=true
Also http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2207038/British-scholar-says-papyrus-claiming-Jesus-married-fake.html A British scholar has called the ancient papyrus claiming that Jesus had a wife a 'fake'. |
Re: Was Jesus Married, Did Jesus Have A Wife? by CrazyMan(m): 12:07pm On Sep 24, 2012 |
I love my religion (Christianity) if it were islam this kind of accusation came up, they would have started rioting and killing innocent people. But as the meaningless debate came up in christianity, we united as one...and with the help of the holy ghost (wisdom and insight), we debunked it... Glory be to God . 2 Likes |
Re: Was Jesus Married, Did Jesus Have A Wife? by Enigma(m): 12:23pm On Sep 24, 2012 |
Addendum: here is the pdf of Professor Watson's article. Quite interesting, I think. http://markgoodacre.org/Watson.pdf Six of the eight incomplete lines of GJW recto are so closely related to the Coptic GTh, |
Re: Was Jesus Married, Did Jesus Have A Wife? by OLAADEGBU(m): 12:38pm On Sep 24, 2012 |
Enigma: Ola bros My broda how you dey? AiG also elaborated on the forgery in their feedback in the link below. Here is an extract: Feedback: Was Jesus Married? Close up shot of the 4 cm x 8 cm fragment. Eight lines of text are visible on the front (pictured), while only a few words can be translated from the back side. The text on the back of the fragment was translated as: You can read the rest of the response here: http://www.answersingenesis.org/articles/2012/09/21/feedback-was-jesus-married
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Re: Was Jesus Married, Did Jesus Have A Wife? by ijawkid(m): 12:44pm On Sep 24, 2012 |
I knew it was a hogwash from the onset... If paul likely never got married,how could our Lord get married....His will was to do all his DAD asked him to do...marraige was never part of it.... 1 Like |
Re: Was Jesus Married, Did Jesus Have A Wife? by Enigma(m): 6:19pm On Sep 24, 2012 |
Re: Was Jesus Married, Did Jesus Have A Wife? by Ptolomeus(m): 9:31pm On Sep 24, 2012 |
Why Jesus could not be a woman? ... A wife? Why Jesus could not have been a normal man? I marvel who intend to present an image of Jesus, which is practically homosexua1, always surrounded by men .... I do not believe that Jesus ... |
Re: Was Jesus Married, Did Jesus Have A Wife? by Enigma(m): 9:43am On Sep 26, 2012 |
Re: Was Jesus Married, Did Jesus Have A Wife? by OLAADEGBU(m): 5:59pm On Jul 03, 2014 |
CrazyMan: Hallelujah! |
Re: Was Jesus Married, Did Jesus Have A Wife? by OLAADEGBU(m): 3:43pm On Feb 22, 2017 |
ijawkid: Good observance. |
Re: Was Jesus Married, Did Jesus Have A Wife? by OLAADEGBU(m): 3:46pm On Feb 22, 2017 |
Was Jesus Christ married? Did Jesus have a wife? Was Jesus married to Mary Magdalene? Is there any reason why Jesus could not have been married? |
Re: Was Jesus Married, Did Jesus Have A Wife? by Nobody: 2:32am On Feb 23, 2017 |
OLAADEGBU:There is a good reason. People would erect images of his wife and children and worship them |
Re: Was Jesus Married, Did Jesus Have A Wife? by OLAADEGBU(m): 3:29am On Feb 23, 2017 |
Muafrika2: Good point. Could that be the only reason why He chose not to marry? |
Re: Was Jesus Married, Did Jesus Have A Wife? by Nobody: 3:36am On Feb 23, 2017 |
OLAADEGBU:He was God. Marriage is a human endeavour that doesn't exist in heaven. No use |
Re: Was Jesus Married, Did Jesus Have A Wife? by OLAADEGBU(m): 4:06am On Feb 23, 2017 |
Muafrika2: Is Jesus not married to the Church? |
Re: Was Jesus Married, Did Jesus Have A Wife? by Nobody: 4:11am On Feb 23, 2017 |
OLAADEGBU: Not yet And for the most part, the church is busy prostituting itself. |
Re: Was Jesus Married, Did Jesus Have A Wife? by OLAADEGBU(m): 4:16am On Feb 23, 2017 |
Muafrika2: If you say not yet when then do you think the marriage between Christ and the Bride will happen? |
Re: Was Jesus Married, Did Jesus Have A Wife? by Nobody: 4:25am On Feb 23, 2017 |
OLAADEGBU:When he comes back. On his second coming, when the powers that cause men to sin shall be bound. |
Re: Was Jesus Married, Did Jesus Have A Wife? by OLAADEGBU(m): 4:44am On Feb 23, 2017 |
Muafrika2: How about the marriage supper of the Lamb where and when will that take place? |
Re: Was Jesus Married, Did Jesus Have A Wife? by Nobody: 11:32am On Feb 23, 2017 |
OLAADEGBU:Same thing |
Re: Was Jesus Married, Did Jesus Have A Wife? by OLAADEGBU(m): 11:54am On Mar 27, 2017 |
Muafrika2: You are not making sense here. |
Re: Was Jesus Married, Did Jesus Have A Wife? by Nobody: 11:58am On Mar 27, 2017 |
OLAADEGBU: I answered according to the measure of sense in your post |
Re: Was Jesus Married, Did Jesus Have A Wife? by OLAADEGBU(m): 12:07pm On Mar 27, 2017 |
Muafrika2: You could have asked for clarification. |
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