Mary of Magdala

[Votto]

Women in Jewish culture at the time were less than cattle status wise; Jesus and the Christian sect were radicals who elevated their status to equal under the eyes of 'God', including making them heads of churches and teachers, and demanding their husband treat them with respect, yet another reason the Priesthood wanted him dead. Of course selective citing of verses by tards will attempt to claim otherwise, not wanting to admit that, especially the atheist pagans who just can't help themselves and have to lie. Burkhas weren't invented by Muslims.

Actually Jesus and his um, group, were simply activists out to kick the Romans out of Judea.

That's why they executed him. Romans didn't give a shit about religion, but challenge their authority and they're on you wid a quckness. And indeed they were.
In other words nothing different than has gone on since the beginning of time.

Ain't no spin like one of biblical proportions.

Pilate, who was the Roman authority, did not want to crucify Jesus.

The reason was twofold. He hated Caiaphas because he was troublesome and did want to stir up violence with the followers of Jesus, and he found no fault with Jesus. When asked if he was a king, Jesus retorted that his kingdom was not of this world and was the reason his followers did not pick up swords to save him. Also, I get the sense that Jesus spooked him. He was unlike any one he had ever met. He said what seemed to be crazy things but found him to be very sane and asked probing questions that troubled him. Also, his wife had nightmares warning him not to kill him.

As a result, Pilate tried to release him, but the Jewish authority protested. The solution Pilate had was to let the Jewish people decide between letting Jesus go free or Barabbas who was a convicted murderer. I think Pilate fully expected the people to let Jesus go free who was by far a more righteous and likeable character, but the people chose Barabbas instead.

Pilate then washed his hands of the affair and let the Jewish authority, whom he despised, have their way to help keep the peace.

You're ascribing an awful lot of power to the Jews there ---- as if they, not the Romans, were in charge. Rome was not big on delegating authority.

It was the goal of Pilate to keep the peace. This was his biggest duty, so allowing the Jewish authority murder Jesus to keep the peace was a good trade off for Pilate.

The region was well known for uprisings. Pilates job was a miserable one.

Finally, after Jesus died, Pilate and company threw in the towel trying to deal with the Jewish authority and simply destroyed the temple.

 

[mudwhistle]

She’s the only follower mentioned in all four Gospels. She is mentioned by name more than most of the apostles. Why did God want to drive home to us the message of her life?

She had seven demons possessing her. She lived a life of evil in constant anguish being avoided by everyone because all knew about her.

Then one day she heard a rumor about some healer performing miracles. She went to investigate.

Her demons were cast out and she was a new woman, freed from torment. She was there at His crucifixion and at his burial. The anguish she must have felt. This man who appeared to be the Messiah to her was tortured to death and is laying in a tomb. And it was an apostle she knew who turned him in.

But like the apostles, she did not understand what was supposed to happen next. She arrived at the tomb three days after his death to anoint the body with oil as was custom.

She arrived to find an empty tomb. Her first response was his body was stolen.

Then she learned the truth and everything that had happened all made sense.

Because she was his wife, that's why. What you have here is sloppy editing work at the Council of Nicea with conflated Marys.

The lesson of which is clear --- always proofread.

Oh and the apostle didn't "turn him in". He went to negotiate a prisoner exchange. Romans get Jesus, Jesus Barabbas gets released. ("Barabbas" = bar Abbas, son of the Master or son of the father, or as we would say today, "Jesus Junior").

That's why Judas found the mission distasteful -- he knew it meant the end of the Jesus thing (which was taking over the country), and why Jesus orders him "go now and do what thou hast to do".

I love theology from atheists.

Yes.....they look at religion and life in general in an extremely warped manner.

 

[The Irish Ram]

She’s the only follower mentioned in all four Gospels. She is mentioned by name more than most of the apostles. Why did God want to drive home to us the message of her life?

She had seven demons possessing her. She lived a life of evil in constant anguish being avoided by everyone because all knew about her.

Then one day she heard a rumor about some healer performing miracles. She went to investigate.

Her demons were cast out and she was a new woman, freed from torment. She was there at His crucifixion and at his burial. The anguish she must have felt. This man who appeared to be the Messiah to her was tortured to death and is laying in a tomb. And it was an apostle she knew who turned him in.

But like the apostles, she did not understand what was supposed to happen next. She arrived at the tomb three days after his death to anoint the body with oil as was custom.

She arrived to find an empty tomb. Her first response was his body was stolen.

Then she learned the truth and everything that had happened all made sense.

Here comes the heresy...

She was the wife of Jesus!

That is why she was everywhere he was. Acting as a dutiful wife.

Odd, that one of the last things Christ did on the cross was to make provisions for His mother, and completely ignored His poor wife...

The historian Tertullian describing Christ:
“. . . since the last Adam (that is, Christ) was entirely unwedded . . . .”

 

[james bond]

We also had Mary of Trump. Mother of Donald.

 

[Picaro]

Jews were exempted from Roman military service, and had other privileges as well; in Palestine Jews had 'Temple state' status, as they did under Greek rule as well. Jerusalem only had a few Roman policemen under the command of the local administrator; Jews were left to rule themselves, while the Romans concerned themselves with tax collections and overseeing the rights of Roman citizens, which is why they reserved the power of life and death while allowing the locals to rule themselves according to their own laws. Anyone familiar with actual history, unlike Pogo and other mental ill trolls, already knows all of this.

 

[BlackFlag]

She’s the only follower mentioned in all four Gospels. She is mentioned by name more than most of the apostles. Why did God want to drive home to us the message of her life?

She had seven demons possessing her. She lived a life of evil in constant anguish being avoided by everyone because all knew about her.

Then one day she heard a rumor about some healer performing miracles. She went to investigate.

Her demons were cast out and she was a new woman, freed from torment. She was there at His crucifixion and at his burial. The anguish she must have felt. This man who appeared to be the Messiah to her was tortured to death and is laying in a tomb. And it was an apostle she knew who turned him in.

But like the apostles, she did not understand what was supposed to happen next. She arrived at the tomb three days after his death to anoint the body with oil as was custom.

She arrived to find an empty tomb. Her first response was his body was stolen.

Then she learned the truth and everything that had happened all made sense.

^

 

[Picaro]

Women in Jewish culture at the time were less than cattle status wise; Jesus and the Christian sect were radicals who elevated their status to equal under the eyes of 'God', including making them heads of churches and teachers, and demanding their husband treat them with respect, yet another reason the Priesthood wanted him dead. Of course selective citing of verses by tards will attempt to claim otherwise, not wanting to admit that, especially the atheist pagans who just can't help themselves and have to lie. Burkhas weren't invented by Muslims.

great post, but they still tried white wash women out of the bible,...

Who does? Certainly not the Gospels writers.

... I still say Priscilla wrote Hebrews.

Don't know what the 'Priscilla' thing is about, and Hebrews was one of the few books, two, that was actively disputed at Nicea; many only included it in the NT because of its explanatory usefulness re Jewish converts, even though it had a doubtful provenance.. I don't have a dog in that fight.

 

[Faun]

She’s the only follower mentioned in all four Gospels. She is mentioned by name more than most of the apostles. Why did God want to drive home to us the message of her life?

She had seven demons possessing her. She lived a life of evil in constant anguish being avoided by everyone because all knew about her.

Then one day she heard a rumor about some healer performing miracles. She went to investigate.

Her demons were cast out and she was a new woman, freed from torment. She was there at His crucifixion and at his burial. The anguish she must have felt. This man who appeared to be the Messiah to her was tortured to death and is laying in a tomb. And it was an apostle she knew who turned him in.

But like the apostles, she did not understand what was supposed to happen next. She arrived at the tomb three days after his death to anoint the body with oil as was custom.

She arrived to find an empty tomb. Her first response was his body was stolen.

Then she learned the truth and everything that had happened all made sense.

Leave it to a brain-dead conservative to refer to some 39 hours as “three days.”

 

[Pogo]

We also had Mary of Trump. Mother of Donald.

And Fred Christ appearing in the role of Daddy Warbucks.

Perhaps that's why Orange thinks he's the Son-o-God.

 

[james bond]

We also had Mary of Trump. Mother of Donald.

And Fred Christ appearing in the role of Daddy Warbucks.

Perhaps that's why Orange thinks he's the Son-o-God.

He is Fred Christ isn't he? Not Fred Christopher or something like that.

DJT isn't son of God, but he could be part of the plan. I dunno. All we know where he got his hair from.

 

[zaangalewa]

... Mary Magdalene was unaware that a prostitute had already anointed Jesus. The Catholic church has come up with all kinds of stuff that made preaching and passing the plate a lot easier to sell.

"Maria von Magdala war sich nicht bewusst, dass eine Prostituierte Jesus bereits gesalbt hatte." ... Hmm ... Correct Translation ... hmm ... yea ... no doubt - correct translation. I guess you really said what you said. So you live for sure not in fear you could meet Mary, Mary or Mary after your death. Perhaps you will meet Adolf Hitler. Such a sentence was typical for SA-propaganda.